Two stars.
The name "Stillborn" sounds terrifying. But in fact, although there are some thriller sections, they are not really good. The film tells the story of a young couple who can be regarded as local tyrants in the United States to welcome a new member of the family. The mother, whose postpartum depression was exacerbated by the loss of one of her twins during childbirth, began to experience hallucinations. The whole story revolves around the heroine's postpartum hallucinations, but the progress of the story is almost zero, and several very old-fashioned bridges are used to advance, such as the husband's business trip, the husband chatting with the female neighbor, and so on. The whole movie kills the heroine after stacking up a bunch of heroine hallucinations, and then adds an open ending, and this ninety minutes is really long.
There's nothing to analyze, and the heroine's family and her own actions are beyond comprehension. It is said that the West respects personal privacy and has more space for each other, but the family members in this movie take too little care of the heroine. Even if there is no tragedy, I am afraid that I will be depressed after giving birth.
This mother-in-law, your daughter is like that when chatting with you, why don't you fly over to take a look? Your daughter won't let her go, won't she fly over by herself and then find a hotel to stay in? Visit during the day? In that kind of thunderstorm, her husband is not at home, your daughter can say that although you are here, and the thunderstorm is terrible, and my husband and your son-in-law are not at home, but I won't let you accompany me! So it plays great.
I know what the director wants to shoot. You want to express the helplessness and fear of postpartum depression in women. So if you can't make a good story, at least you need to work on the camera and metaphor. The movie is like boiled water, and there is no point to tap. Apart from fear, the heroine feels no other depression. More like schizophrenia than depression.
If you want to simply make a horror movie, then the integrity of the story is the lifeblood of horror movies! There are bugs in your story, so the audience will not feel the horror, and it will be impossible to have endless aftertastes!
I took a look at the director's work, and I have only made some food documentaries. . . . . All right, let's stop here.
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