Get Away

So many bad reviews! So unwarranted! It's no Oscar winner, but it's also not that bad. Yes, I thought I saw the twist quite early, but I wasn't certain so it kept me guessing. It's good these days to get a film of sensible length, that maintains my interest for most of the movie. The comedy, whilst limited, was in keeping with the pace and characters. What do people want from a Sky Original? I'm not sure it will do much for Scandinavian tourism, but I'd be tempted to visit the island for novelty value. From unwelcoming locals to an incredibly useless police officer, the supporting cast did the job of supporting. The main cast were effective whilst remaining subtle in their roles. I enjoyed it for what it was - a 'B' Movie that knew it was a 'B' Movie!

Nick Frost likes a light horror. After just starring in the ghostly "Black Cab" he stars in and wrote extremely silly slasher send-up "Get Away". He & wife Aisling Bea (with teen kids Maisie Ayres & Sebastian Croft) go on holiday to a small, remote Swedish island that's about to go into its annual macabre festival... and does NOT want them there. Though the story has hints of "Midsommer" the style couldn't be more different, and the quality's way off too. Steffen Haars' direction is basic and the performances are mediocre (though Ayres is decent on her big-screen debut, as are Eero Milonoff & Anitta Suikkari as nutty local Swedes). It's moderately entertaining, but sure ain't great.

A generally well shot and well acted movie with humor that worked with some nice music and a great setting to boot. Plenty of reasons to love this one which makes it easily under-rated at its current 5.4 stars as of writing this.

Family takes a trip to an isolated Swedish island with an ugly history of cannibalism and things go south for everyone, sort of. Saying much more about the actual story is going to give thing away but most of the humor does come from star Nick Frost and co-star Aisling Bea.

Most of the horror content comes from the theme and the large sums of blood. So it is a very bloody movie with some bodily dismemberment. Only thing I would have liked looking back would have been some clues about what was to come but they opted for the surprise approach so the whole ending is ultimately wrapped up behind some very dark curtains. I think that's the only part of the movies execution that didn't really work in its favor.

The musical score is good and meant to add to the humor. Keeping the movie short probably helped if the plot isn't going to have to much depth to it. Enjoyable well made dark comedy horror.

Boy the Swedish tourism board can't be too happy about this film. They were probably just recovering from 'Midsommar' and then bam, along comes 'Get Away'. This movie was quite something.

I've never seen a film go from 0 to 100 so quickly before. The first two thirds of the film I was basically just bored. There was the odd laugh and a creepy thing or two going on, but mostly it was just fodder. Then a twist came out of absolute left field and suddenly the film went off the walls bonkers for the entire final third. And that portion of the film I mostly loved.

The film is lacking a lot of polish. I also thought with Nick Frost writing it that it might've been a little funnier overall too. It's impossible to hate a film like this, however I simply can't give it more than a 5.5/10.

Okay, so I didn't really have high hopes for this film at first simply by reading the synopsis. The main reason I even picked out the film is because I love Nick Frost. I'm so glad I took a chance on this film as it is just so damn fun and entertaining from beginning to end. To say too much would be giving away the twist that makes the film such a great film. Frost also wrote the film and his sense of humor is all over the film. It's not the type of film you're expecting but the entire cast is so committed that it makes the experience of watching it so much more fun. Of all the Frost films released in '24, this was my favorite!