Get Away

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!

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.

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.

An English family of 2.4 children arrive on a small Swedish island, to witness and observe the celebration of Karantän, unfortunately a killer is also on the island.

There's something very old school about this movie, it felt as though it could have been made back in 2006, when this style was very popular, so from that point of view it was familiar, but fresh.

It doesn't deserve some of the negative reviews, I can't help but wonder if some of those are based on the first half of the movie, which is very, very slow, but countered by a riotous second half.

The twist was unexpected, and it was fun to see the tables turned.

The performances are good, and there are some hilarious one liners, with Frost daring to make jokes about subjects that have become humour free.

The first half is just too slow for me to class this as a good film, but the conclusion was a hoot. Once again you'll wonder what The Swedes must make of the way Brits like to portray them, only slightly less weird than in Midsommar.

6/10.

Perhaps the most enjoyably wacky performance here comes from Maisie Ayres, while the rest of the cast (Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, and Sebastian Croft in lead roles) is adequate. The twist (+ shift in tone) that happens around the 55th minute (or so) feels sufficiently smooth, and that's why I'm rating this 3 stars-it's a 2.5 otherwise. The last half hour is a bloody showcase, offering some inventive, gratifying kills. Well, given that he's the writer, Nick Frost has some funny lines in the first two acts.. and besides Ayres, that's what keeps the whole tired premise (up until that point) going. I think this will help Ayres land more roles, which I'm really looking forward to.