This is the most recent film that showed way too much in its trailers. I wish I had not seen some of them and more was left for a mystery.

However, the new Speak No Evil film starring James McAvoy is an intense film, with some dark tones, but also some strange humor mixed together.

According to IMDB, “A family is invited to spend a whole weekend in a lonely home in the countryside, but as the weekend progresses, they realize that a dark side lies within the family who invited them.“

The darkness of the film is prevalent throughout and James McAvoy embodies that darkness brilliantly. You are never quite sure what he is doing or why he is doing it. His manipulation of the Daltons is amazing and more subtle than you would think.

I was very impressed with young Dan Hough, who played Ant. This character is really tragic and Hough is excellent at portraying this role without the ability to talk. There is such an aura of sadness surrounding Ant that you connect to the boy without any difficulty. Of course, the one scene that is in the trailer really should have been left as a movie surprise.

The tension of the film is built up well as the strange occurrences keep happening. There always feels like a reasonable excuse, but you could tell that there was more under the surface than you think. It felt wrong to be laughing at some of the things that I was laughing at.

The third act of Speak No Evil was wild. I found myself engaged throughout the film and I really found the performances intriguing and the characters interesting.

3.75 stars