cochran12
I consider myself a pretty good movie buff, meaning, it's never too hard to understand a film, however, this was not one of them. sure, I get supernatural, and manifestations of the mind, and I too get how using powerful drugs can alter your state of mind. but let me say, this made no sense real or unreal. first off, who are the people in the videos, her family? or ? to top that off, who were the missing people toward the end, and, yes there us a lot of ands. why did a priest come over to Molly's house and go down on her, and who was the supernatural figment awaiting her at the end of the sidewalk, and, who did her sister see to be holding out her hand at the top of the stairs to, and finally, what did her husband have to do with any of this? the only real thing I can say, is the acting performances were believable, other than that a no nonsense film. when viewing a film, there should always be an introduction , don't just throw us in the water and we went given the opportunity to take swim lessons, so to speak. I had to guess throughout the movie, and still don't know who was who. they just thru a random family on the screen and we had to guess from beginning to end, and after.
Olivia Manwaring
Top quality acting. I've never seen Gretchen Lodge in a movie before, but I instantly wanted to know what else she'd been in after watching Lovely Molly. At no point did the acting feel false or forced - For such emotionally taxing scenes, I was absolutely impressed. At no point did I know what was going to happen. Usually it's pretty easy to guess where a film is headed, sometimes from the opening scenes, but I was constantly guessing. It made me question if what was occurring was due to supernatural purposes, human error, mental illness stemming from emotional trauma, or if none of it was really happening at all. I will always love a movie that forces me to think before and after its finished.I'm glad that I didn't read the reviews before I watched the movie. I would have avoided watching a film that is now one of my favourites. I could see elements of The Blair Witch Project, used effectively and perfect for suspense. I already want to watch it again to pick up on the symbolic elements of the movie that I wouldn't have noticed the first time around, now that I know the ending. I was left staring at my friend repeatedly saying "That was really good! But... But... That was REALLY good!"I would absolutely recommend, I'd suggest watching with an open mind and not letting yourself be swayed by other people's opinions.
Leofwine_draca
LOVELY MOLLY is a BLAIR WITCH follow-up from director Eduardo Sanchez. In it, a newly wed couple movie back to the childhood home of the wife, only for her to start experiencing flashbacks and hallucinations as dark secrets from her past are dug back up again.This is a slow burning, atmospheric horror film that unfortunately misses the mark too often for me. It doesn't help that the characters, particularly the protagonist, are too unlikeable for me to enjoy the movie. Everything about this is greyed out and downbeat, and the segments filmed found footage style are intrusive; with found footage it's all or nothing. The opening scene with the burglar alarm going off is the only one which is truly menacing.The whole mysterious "secrets from the past" aspect of the storyline is an all-too-familiar one from a lot of modern horror movies and there's just too little incident here to attract my attention. Even worse, some of the stylistic choices are annoying in the extreme, such as the constant tinnitus-inducing ringing on the soundtrack. I appreciate what Sanchez was trying to do here but for me, it's a failure.
Michael O'Keefe
LOVELY MOLLY is a slow and smoldering ghost story about Molly(Gretchen Lodge)and her new husband Tim(Johnny Lewis)experiencing eerie disturbances after moving into Molly's deceased father's country home. Not really packed with a lot of gore, but pretty creepy all the same. Tim, being a truck driver, is away when Molly starts to hear unexplainable sounds and falls back into unpleasant past memories. The creep factor escalates as demonic manifestations makes this ghost story seem a bit convoluted. None the less, it gets a bit painful to sit and watch the characters not take a lot of effort to change the circumstances.Other players include: Alexandra Holden, Josh Jones, Field Blauvelt, Katie Foster, Kevin Murray and Camilla Zaidee Bennett.