Significant Other
Ruth and Harry decide to take a romantic backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but amongst the beautiful scenery, Ruth makes an unexpected discovery that sets her off on a strange, frightening new path. The couple aren't alone in the woods, and they might not be the same when they come out...if they come out.
- Released: 2022-10-06
- Runtime: 84 minutes
- Genre: Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Maika Monroe, Jake Lacy, Matthew Yang King, Dana Green, Loudon McCleery, Teal Sherer, Marcella Lentz-Pope, Andrew Morgado
- Director: Robert Olsen, Dan Berk
Comments
- 210west - 4 July 2024
I'll happily gaze at Maika Monroe in anything, even something as silly and unsatisfying as this
I'd rather stare at Maika Monroe than at the Mona Lisa (which, as it happens, she's somewhat beginning to resemble). She may not be as young and achingly beautiful as she was in 2014's "It Follows," but she still has a fascinating face, and her brief, occasional smile -- very occasional, this time out, breaking her normally pensive expression -- remains radiant.
The movie itself, at times disturbing and scary, grows increasingly silly and implausible. If someone were telling me the plot, as if it were some low-budget sci-fi/horror script he was working on, I'd initially be encouraging: "Oh, yeah, that's clever. That definitely sounds quite original." Unfortunately, as he went on, I can imagine myself saying, "Hmm, I think here's where it begins to go off the rails."
Considering the plot, incidentally, the title is quite brilliant. - GrumpyHistory - 2 April 2024
Forget the Negative Reviews
Or read them in full versus the text of the positive ones. The negative ones are for single dimensional viewers.
This film has great pacing. The top half isn't slow, but it isn't physical action filled either. It does have drama (in a good way) that acts on nerves. The acting is excellent and realistic. The cinematography is beautiful. The use of focus and focal points is well directed. The costuming has outfitting and color based on changing states of mind. Subtle. I like not having a spoon forced to my tonsils in order to engage me. The lighting becomes a story point of its own, in more and more obvious ways.
It's a movie that rewards you for paying attention, while not punishing you if you look away for a moment (though I recommend the former).
The set pieces can feel a bit fantastical and placed, but this isn't a documentary and they are quite beautiful. The CGI obviously doesn't have a blockbuster movie budget behind it, but it is used sparingly for necessary moments and isn't the focus point of those scenes. Allow yourself a little fantasy in your sci fi. The storyline has fair amounts of foreshadowing without giant blinking arrows pointing that out. This is seriously worth the watch and sorely underrated. I was pleasantly surprised.
