Despair

Awful. Bad acting. Boring. Slow.

It's really a waste of time.

Who's the producer who accept to pay for this horrible movie it's a mistery.

A total disaster .

Awful. Bad acting. Boring. Slow.

It's really a waste of time.

Who's the producer who accept to pay for this horrible movie it's a mistery.

A total disaster.

Awful. Bad acting. Boring. Slow.

It's really a waste of time.

Who's the producer who accept to pay for this horrible movie it's a mistery.

A total disaster .

Awful. Bad acting. Boring. Slow.

It's really a waste of time.

Who's the producer who accept to pay for this horrible movie it's a mistery.

A total disaster.

Despair is a UK made film that bored me to near tears. I could have cried from the boredom and I could have cried from wasting a couple of hours of my life on this atrocity. It's stupidly predictable and honestly very little even happens. What bothers me further is that 10/10 ratings make up 77.4% of this films ratings and that screams shilling. I get that you want to make your film credible but ironically doing something like that has the opposite effect. Boring movie that had me yawning within the first 10 minutes. Avoid like an angry flaming rabid raccoon.

In all honesty, this film moves very slowly. There is talent in the writing and cinematography, but the acting is very bad with the exception of Margaret who plays the old lady. I think a lot more could have come from this film with much better actors.

What I absolutely loved was the soundtrack! I was surprised to find out that this movie was written by a contemporary composer named Antonio Grandanti. Dark and evil orchestrated beautifully with moments of sadness and beauty. Minimalist instrumentation, brilliant harmonies.

The music was the main reason why I kept watching through to the end of the film. I looked online hoping to find the soundtrack to purchase but no luck. :(

Genius. Bravo, Antonio. I hope to hear more music from you!

Gio

The first thing I noticed about this British thriller was the IMDB rating, at time of writing we're talking 8.2. For those not in the know that's incredibly high and if it had more ratings it would be in the IMDB top 250!

A quick check confirmed that over 75% of the votes were 10/10, therefore the movie is shilled all the way to Antarctica and back!

Putting that aside is it any good? Well, that's a big no.

A British film but oddly with two non-British leads it tells the story of a couple spending time in their second home in the middle of the country. One day they find a woman freezing outside and bring her in only to gradually discover that she isn't what she claims to be.

An odd little film it's certainly a slow burner. Trouble with slow burners is that they a) Need to be engaging throughout and b) Need to build to something. Despair doesn't do either of these things and makes a for a lifeless dire effort that culminates in nothing but disappointment.

The cast do the best with what they've been given but in the end this is an incredibly dull film.

The Good:

Jagoda Kamov

The Bad:

Some poor writing

Lifeless

What's not to dislike?! This was one of those rare movies I stopped halfway through. Just a slow, plodding film that I'm sure will have some shocking ending, but I wasn't about to torture myself getting there. Despair is the perfect word to describe this "arty" film. No thanks!