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The affable resort manager tells the family of a private picturesque beach to visit.
(Two years every hour, to be exact.)
In the horrors ofOldis an imperative message: Savor lifes every minute.
If only the films ending lived up to that lofty mandate.
Instead, the slow burn of a journey the characters take is more enlightening than the eventual twist.
But Charles isnt the most intriguing member of his family.
Is the horror filmmaker making a grand statement about ephemeral beauty standards?
If so, then why does Chrystal become the movies single victim of blatant body horror,Suspiriastyle?
(BetweenOldandF9, magnets are becoming an essential 2021 plot gear.
At least withOld,there are no hints that were getting some larger, Shyamalan cinematic universe.)
(Each family, it turns out, included a member with a preexisting health condition.
The families on the beach were merely guinea pigs.
(Why do these two adults need to be entrusted to their aunt?
How, exactly, did they blow the whistle on the pharma baddies?)
I dont think he entirely knows.
He has the premise but not the experiential grounding to stick a philosophical landing.
