The Front Room

This movie was just about grossing you out and making fun of incontinence. Nothing scary at all except for a lot of faeces. Predominantly one location movies have trouble keeping the viewer entertained and this one was a stinker. Pun intended! Brandy can find a better script to be a part of. Wouldn't mind seeing more of her on screen but c'mon folks you can do better. Tired script. No horror. Nothing even to be entertained about. So what, your mother-in-law moves in and is has old views and a bit racist. Surprise surprise. If you grew up in the 40's and 50's your viewpoint on popular topics today are not going to align.

Kathryn Hunter is one of the best actors on the planet earth. Though this movie is ultimately unworthy of her talent, it's all in good fun. I wish I could see her on stage. What a legend!

But yeah, about this movie. It made me laugh a few times, mostly at its sheer audacity. There's a lot of flatulent and bodily excrement involved. It's quite literally a shitty movie. And there's gross breast feeding, obviously. How could there not be?

Oh, and Brandy is in it.

As filmmakers, the Egger Brothers have a long way to go before they catch up with their older brother, Robert. They may have something to offer down the road, but cinema this is not.

Did I mention what an amazing actor Kathryn Hunter is?

The trailer for this film is misleading. The movie is very unserious, but it knows it and it leans into it. The Front Room has a very simple plot, simple dialogue, and no gore. But what it does have in abundance is a sense of humor. Thanks to a great performance by Kathryn Hunter as the elderly mother, this movie is just downright entertaining at the end of the day. You realize about 10 minutes in that it's not going to reinvent the wheel; the writing is not going to be exceptionally clever. But in spite of all that the audience in my theater couldn't stop laughing throughout. So if you're in the mood for some dark humor and camp, it's definitely worth a look. 6.5/10.

Don't get me wrong it has a lot of thing wrong with it but if the movie actually had a point it would be a great movie.

There was just something about it that made me feel so uncomfortable.. maybe it's because I was waiting for something bad/spooky to happen. The whole time I was sat there watching it, I felt scared and I haven't watched a movie like that in ages.

However, the storyline let it down for me. It didn't make much since.. was the Mother in Law psychic? Did she have special powers? Or was she just crazy? None of it was explained. I really liked the ending as well but I just didn't get the point of the movie. Maybe I'm just missing something.

It wasn't half bad though to be fair and I didn't get to a point where I just wanted to turn it off. I wanted to see what happened at the end. It kept me on the edge of my seat.. if anything, how uncomfortable it made me feel it what made me want to turn it over. Which I think is a good thing for a horror/thriller.

Also I think Kathryn Hunter (Mother in Law) carried the entire movie. Her acting was phenomenal and to be honest the only reason I kept watching for so long.

I thought it was great. It's not a horror movie in the traditional sense but it feels like it which is a side swipe. It was too real as it was something that can I does happen. I myself may have been very terrified because i never been though it and fear having to deal with something like that.

There is a demographic thing as I feel I fit into what A24 was looking to hook in with this unique film but A24 overall audience maybe too young and hip for the story. I could be wrong, the last horror film from A24 I saw I think was Bodies, Bodies, Bodies which i also enjoyed but definitely would draw a different type of viewer.

I feel bad for Brandy cause it failed and it was not fault of the movie itself.