Praise : These days or maybe it's always been the case people are suspicious of a stranger even stopping them to ask for directions out of fear of what it might lead to. Not so with the The Daltons – father Ben (Scoot McNairy), mother Louise (Mackenzie Davis), and daughter Agnes (Alix West Lefler) who are originally from the United States but are now living in London. London. Now Paddy (James McAvoy), Ciara (Aisling Franciosi), and their mute son, Ant (Dan Hough), friendly enough British travelers so why not go to their home for a visit. I like the way the story sets up the slow reveals,through mannerisms or the sudden roughness of a character which mainly comes from another great McAvoy. He portrays Paddy as charming so much so he gets characters to do what he wants even though they are dead set against it. Sometimes it's that oh I'm just trying to be helpful manipulation and my family identifies with so much about your family and the lure is hard to deny. There are some great scenes as situations play out and are well acted as to what Paddy is really up to. There are obvious signs that something odd is going on but the film has already sold me and the Daltons on the ok they're just different bracket. Then when things become to creepy it may be to late.
PROBLEMS: I felt some portions of the movie became predictable especially when there is a visual reveal and there was still about 40 minutes of the movie to go.I couldnt get on board with a couple of things that played out,so much so i almost yelled out just let it go !! Then it falls in to the basic thriller lane and it's likely why some people prefer the 2022 Danish version of the same name which I have not seen but very curious to check out the differences.
Scale of 1 to 10 a 7½