Lamb

2021 • 106 minut

O tomto filmu

In the isolated depths of rural Iceland, a childless couple, Maria and Ingvar, make an alarming discovery one day in their sheep barn: a newborn unlike anything they've seen before. They decide to raise the girl, Ada, as their own, but sinister forces - including one very pissed-off ewe - seem determined to return Ada to the wilderness that birthed her. The masterful and terrifying debut feature from director Valdimar Jóhannsson, Lamb excavates primal fears - of parenting, loss, and the vast and merciless wild - in a dark and unnatural folktale for the ages.

Hodnocení a recenze

This was marketed wrong. Don't go in thinking this is a horror/thriller because it's really not that at all. I mean, look at the cover art, it just screams horror, like literally. However, about 90% of this film is just slow burn slice of life drama with a little bit of weirdness thrown in. I would say a good majority of people will be bored, like the first 20 minutes is just them living their lives on a farm. Which is disappointing as I feel like this had potential to do a lot more with it's unique premise. However it never quite does enough to really make you care about what is happening. The mystery is there but it's stretched so thin, which is surprising given the premise. This film, despite it's name, is not even really about the lamb/human hybrid child, it's more about a couple coping with loss. Even the characters reactions to first discovering the human/lamb hybrid child is less enthusiastic than how normal people would react. Like if I saw that pop out of a lamb I'd be freaking out as with most people. You don't get that. It's like, "oh that's strange, let's make it our kid now." There's also a weird side plot with the brother that just resolves without really going anywhere. Like this whole film seems to do everything in its power to avoid doing anything with the interesting setup it presents. In regards to the acting, music, and imagery, it's all generally good. And that's really what you'll get from this as the story is weak and thin and will end with you having questions. But yeah, I can't recommend this to most people. But, maybe you'll get more out of it than me.

This is a good movie and it's worth what you are paying for it. This movie makes you think about who has the right to raise a child. And for what reasons. This is not a horror movie, as some people expected (please choose from the horror genre to avoid being outraged) it is rightly classified as sci-fi or fantasy. The pace is slow, consistent with the setting, so don't expect an action movie. If you enjoy a good book, then you know what I'm talking about. This is not a mainstream movie produced for the masses, it is more thought provoking than your common Hollywood crapy movie, favored by the teenage-adult audience, reviewing below. Enjoy.

I give a lot of respect to this movie for it's natural take of things. The location, animal behavior and the real life animal husbandry scenes. This isn't the typical scenes we see in movies. It feels weird and beautifully made. The CGI rendering of Ada looks very realistic and this movie does a good job of making you wonder about some events. Highly recommend this for a switch in our movie screening.