The Lodge

Name: The Lodge
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: February 7, 2020
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 64
Cast: Alexandre Bélanger, Alicia Silverstone, Danny Keough, Jaeden Lieberher, Katelyn Wells

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Neon | Release Date: February 7, 2020 | R

Starring: Alexandre Bélanger, Alicia Silverstone, Danny Keough, Jaeden Lieberher, Katelyn Wells, Lia McHugh, Lola Reid, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Richard Armitage, Riley Keough

Summary: A family retreats to their remote winter cabin over the holidays. When the father (Richard Armitage) is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan (Jaeden Martell) and Mia (Lia McHugh) in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace (Riley Keough). Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifyingA family retreats to their remote winter cabin over the holidays. When the father (Richard Armitage) is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan (Jaeden Martell) and Mia (Lia McHugh) in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace (Riley Keough). Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace’s dark past.… Expand

Director: Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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Michael Roffman

Dec 31, 2019

While the cabin seemingly offers a rural respite, the endless snow and the situational horror of it all adds agoraphobic washes to any space. Couple that with captivating uses of grey and silver — seriously, the gradient factor in those two colors here is awe-inspiring by itself — and the dread becomes suffocating. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Feb 19, 2020

This is a scary movie that loves other scary movies. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Feb 1, 2019

The longer The Lodge rolls along, the sheer skilfulness of the execution — the precise manipulation of the audience’s fears — becomes so impressive that one is tempted to simply succumb to its cold, cruel efficiency. Read full review

Emily Yoshida

Feb 1, 2019

As a psychological down-is-up horror movie, The Lodge has a few solid tricks up its sleeve. But when the smoke and mirrors clear, it’s ultimately a story about trauma, and a rather bleak one at that. Read full review

Henry Stewart

Jan 31, 2020

It’s best appreciated not with the parts of your brain responsible for reason and judgment, but in the unthinking terror centers, where the film’s style of God-fearing fanaticism also resides. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Feb 4, 2019

There are too many explanations dangled here, to ends somewhat frustratingly contradictory rather than usefully ambiguous. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Feb 6, 2020

It’s a frustratingly superficial, judgmental, surface-level thriller that undermines all its scariest moments by getting distracted at all the wrong times. Read full review

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polkabike

Jul 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A family of upper-class, oblivious, self-centered idiots, previously unpunished and uncorrected by society or life, uses and manipulates a frail young girl to their own detriment while outside the protections of a self-endulgant society.… Expand

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Panchogul

Apr 28, 2020

The Lodge (2020)

Sinopsis: Una mujer que está apunto de convertirse en madrastra se encuentra atrapada, junto a los dos hijos de su prometido, en una casa alejada de la civilización por culpa de una fuerte nevada. Justo cuando la relación entre los tres empieza a florecer, la mujer adoptaThe Lodge (2020)

Sinopsis:

Una mujer que está apunto de convertirse en madrastra se encuentra atrapada, junto a los dos hijos de su prometido, en una casa alejada de la civilización por culpa de una fuerte nevada. Justo cuando la relación entre los tres empieza a florecer, la mujer adopta una actitud aterradora que proviene del adoctrinamiento religioso que sufrió en su dura infancia.

Opinión:

Este opresivo thriller psicológico podría ser una de mis películas favoritas y mejores del año, a nivel técnico es excelente, buena dirección, excelente fotografía y diseño de producción, buen y atrapante soundtrack, actuaciones convincentes y una historia prometedora y suspicaz.

No todo podía ser perfecto, si bien la historia es impredecible y te atrapa desde el inicio teniendo un ritmo similar a películas tipo Hereditary y The Witch, el clímax y segmento final me dejaron marcando ocupado, deja cabos sueltos que comenzaron a aparecer poco a poco, pero al final los mas cruciales quedan a la deriva dejando al espectador con tremendo signo de interrogación sobre la cabeza, me encantó, no lo voy a negar ya que amo este tipo de películas, pero el final me dejó intrigado, quizás se me escapó algo, quizás no lo entendí, lo que sí es que tendría que verla de nuevo y analizarla bien.

A quienes disfruten películas de este estilo se las recomiendo.

Como dato, está dirigida por los mismos que dirigieron Goodnight Mommy, la cual también me había dejado dudas la primera vez que la vi y que entendí a la segunda.

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5 ⭐ de 5 ⭐

El final no influye en mi calificación final porque por ahora lo dejo al pendiente, si descubro que es un agujero de guión tendré que quitarle media estrellita.… Expand

2 of 3 users found this helpful21

JLau

Sep 25, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible father leaves his children alone in some place that resembles the hotel from the Shining with his new girlfriend, who happens to be the ex-member of a cult.… Expand

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bfoore90

Jan 29, 2021

Relatively good film. The Lodge is relatively similar to films like Hereditary, It Follows and Babadook that are light on gimmicks and more focused on storytelling. The film is a little slow, but if you like films like that. This film is for you

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Kimergy

May 2, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This movie could have been a 7 if only the first 30 minutes would not have been focussing on the relationship between Grace and the kids. I understood it after 10 minutes. Secondly i would have loved to see more on how Grace developed mentally after what has happened to her during her youth. And what effect it had on the present Grace. It just left me with a lot of answers, only because the premise of the movie looked good at the beginning. But the cinematography was awesome!!!… Expand

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aynks

Feb 23, 2020

This is mediocre at best. I find the screenplay to be rather bland with some pretty cringy director moves. This is not a horror film. If you came to get scared, do not bother buying a ticket. This is a pure psychological thriller movie that leaves your head on a swivel on multipleThis is mediocre at best. I find the screenplay to be rather bland with some pretty cringy director moves. This is not a horror film. If you came to get scared, do not bother buying a ticket. This is a pure psychological thriller movie that leaves your head on a swivel on multiple occasions. Although there are many instances where you are thinking a scare will come, it never happens. The plot seems redundant, with some easily recognizable outcomes to surface while the character development seems to draw blank about 30 minutes in. This movie is also ver boring even though it was suppose to show suspense most of the time. The acting and cast seemed to be one of the weaker parts to the film. With Keough taking majority of the film, I thought she did great. The rest however, not so good. The rest of the cast seem to lack development and do not provide a chemistry that is needed for a film that has this small of a cast. There is only 4 main characters throughout the entirety of the film because most of it is at the Lodge. The cinematography is good. There were some interesting shots with the snow that enhanced the thriller aspect that is not normally seen in this category, which was enjoyable. There is a balance of good and bad, but I do not see the light at the end of the tunnel for this one. Not too bright. This is a film that is beyond predictable, with mediocre screenplay, and below average acting. In the end, cinematography can't save everything. The Lodge is definitely a movie that you wanna see once and never ever ever again.… Expand

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Paszo

May 1, 2020

This was one of the worst **** movies that i have ever seen. I do not recommend this anyone dead or alive i have litteraly wasted 2 hours of my **** life staying up for this **** Get cancer.

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