Das Tal der toten Mädchen

I gotta say i enjoyed this movie from Spain.Never be put off by a review!Good atmosphere creation ...with the rainy weather?Characters are plausible,basic yet realistic psychology.interesting session of card reading!Made me want to visit a certain area of Spain too!Give it a try!

The detective is personally very sympathetic. She, however, does not do much detecting. The Invisible Guardian is making a moral point rather than telling a mystery. The movie is slow and 25 minutes too long. The second half is better than the first half as the moral point comes to the fore in the second half. The title makes no sense. Perhaps something is lost in the translation.An acceptable movie during a stay at home order.

I needed a movie to brush up on my Spanish. I randomly chose this film knowing nothing and left confused thinking I forgot all my Spanish. Then I read the reviews and realized, nope, it's just a confusing film. I scoured the internet to find out if anyone knew why Amaia's mother despised her. I said to myself, I must've missed it...maybe, I need to watch it with English subtitles. Au contraire, the film didn't disclose that information. No worries, you find out in the second installation, "The Legacy of Bones". Thank you to reviewer what's his face for the tip. I won't tell you why she loathes her, so go watch the second one to find out.

The Invisible Guardian is part of a trilogy based on books written by Delores Redondo: The Invisible Guardian, The Legacy of the Bones, and Offering of the Storm. The Invisible Guardian is a mystery thriller about murders of young women. Amaia is the detective investigating the murders while confronting her past.

What is there to hate about this film? Well, first, does the place ever stop raining? It rained so much, it distracted me from the film. Then second, the mythological being. I'm all about folklore, fantasies, tales, etc. Unfortunately, they failed to integrate it well in this film. It seems disjointed and misplaced. Next, the father's decision to not turn his wife into the police baffled me. Just why?!!! The film is a little boring, the hatred toward Amaia is undeserved and implausible. And I CANNOT get over the sister eating the cookie that was sitting on a dead woman's pubis. My spirit cried when I saw this. I refuse to believe any detective would allow this. Plus, this detective is the most emotional one I've seen on TV. Between her tears and the rain, it's a miracle the townsmen didn't drown. Amaia is a weak, subservient character who should find a different line of work. How is she considered competent?! Oh, and there is a useless character in the film who gives Amaia advice (Insert face of disapproval).

The film has redeeming qualities. The acting was great, the scenery matched the mood too well (dark and moody film), it's mysterious, pacing is on point some of the time, and despite me disliking the film, it's still watchable albeit in multiple stretches. Since I have watched the second movie, I recognize it would've been best as a series and not three separate film. Oh and the sex scenes should be removed. It's not needed in this film. I wanted to end on a positive note but failed, I apologize.

Very poor script, lot of unnecessary dialog and characters. Used a blue/gray lens filter to strengthen the grim, dark, cold, rainy winter feelings. A serial killer continued to do the serial killings when the police force concentrated and focused on the small town? The victims were disposed in remote, difficult to approach terrains? There was no way a single person could do the job of removal of dead bodies single-handedly, even in a city with paved streets, albeit transported the corpses into the wildness.

We continued to see and hear the high praises of this female detective by her superiors, yet what we saw here was a sentimentally wounded female, constantly flashed back when, where and how she grew up. A woman got an American artist boy friend. A woman difficult to get pregnant but longing for a child. There's nothing to show how great her detecting ability was. Choosing the wintry raining city and countryside scenes were only good for cinematographic purpose but not good and welcomed by these poor actors who usually soaked to their bones and so dangerously getting pneumonia.

This is a very pretentious and amateurish murder mystery film that would wasted your lifetime on earth minus 2 hours 8 minutes 50 seconds and would bore you to an earlier death.

For anyone confused as to why there are so many plot lines left unfinished, they are addressed in the second movie. This trilogy is based on a book, adding mystical elements which may seem confusing at first. Would definitely recommend watching the rest before jumping to conclusions. Amazing cinematography, along with a good portrayal of Spain, showing us an urban legend while keeping it a great thriller !