The last movie from director Lenny Abrahamson was “Room,” which won him an Oscar (my review). This follow-up is a dreary, tedious snoozer. Domhnall Gleeson plays a young doctor, who visits a patient at a great countryside estate. While he becomes entwined with the members of the family, we keep expecting suspense to develop…or even an interesting surprise. There are suggestions of a specter from the past, but the haunting remnants are ineffectual. In the 111-minute running time, almost nothing happens and it happens without skill or suspense.
(0.5 / 5)