Scrawl

Scrawl is an incoherent mess. If I hadn't read the plot synopsis before I watched it I would've had no clue what was going on. The storytelling and editing choices made here are bizarre and completely ruin the admittedly interesting premise.

Most people, no doubt, will seek this movie out because it is Daisy Ridley's first feature film (filmed before Star Wars: The Force Awakens). I'll give this movie one thing: Daisy's performance here, at its best, is pretty darn good. Sure, she is given some garbage dialogue at times, but she makes the best of the material and shows some nice range. Though she is the biggest one on the poster, her role in the movie is limited.

I know this is an indie film, and I certainly did not expect big-budget stuff. However, good editing and story structure can be done on any film with any budget. Talent is something different than scope or budget. Shots are cut between with hardly a care, there are random and incoherent montages, bizarre dialogue, you name it. It was honestly a chore to watch this; Scrawl represents the worst of independent film.

Skip this one. Do not waste your time and money.

Script is ok, visual is ok. i just watch it for daisy ridley tbh

This film is a well-intentioned horror movie that suffers from the budget not matching the ambition.

I am a big fan of Daisy Ridley, so like many, I wanted to see this. She does NOT disappoint in this movie. It's interesting seeing her playing a cold and merciless personification of evil, although it takes a good 30 of the 80 minutes before she appears.

I watched it out of curiosity, and I was satisfied mostly with what I was looking for-a good performance by Daisy Ridley playing an evil character. Maybe a second watch might be better, but there's so much choppy incoherence in this story.

At 1 hour and 19 minutes, it doesn't ask for much of your time.

There were some really good ideas here, but some of it seems to really get lost in the choppy editing and non-linear storytelling. If perhaps a more experienced crew behind the camera could've gotten involved, it would've saved this some narrative problems it really suffers from. Maybe this would've been better as a very memorable 45-minute episode of Twilight Zone or Black Mirror.

Did the actors do well? Absolutely! Casting was done quite well for this movie.

Can I recommend this? I'm split. If you're a horror fan and/or a Daisy Ridley fan, check it out. There's DEFINITELY something here for you. I'm glad I watched it!

If you're neither, then there's not much here to grab you and keep you invested.

Director is at the top of the list of people o want to push. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Haunted comic book lookin. I swear most of this movie looks like kids playing a game in the woods, but you don't really understand the rules or get to play with them, so you get absolutey nothing out of it. This movie gave me a hernia, from the absolute intensity of negative rage induced orgasms it caused. Proud to do my service as an American and give this movie 1 star. Also they're British so it's basically like listening to a deaf person try and learn english. Get this movie far away from society. Throw it in a mineshaft, or throw it off a bridge like in Jumanji. I'm so mad.

Like many I only watched this because of Daisy Ridley but overall the movie wasn't as bad as people say. Despite the choppy edits and some other things the movie has pretty good casting. It was cool to see Daisy Ridley play a villain character and to see how far she's gone in this movie industry. Bright future, wishing her the best!