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- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Theo Conroy (Kevin Bacon) is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried) is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy, and the shadow of his past. In an effort to repair their relationship, Theo and Susanna book a vacation at a stunning, remote modern hom...
Directed By: David Koepp
Written By: Daniel Kehlmann, David Koepp
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 2020
- R
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
You Should Have Left
46
5.5
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Summary Theo Conroy (Kevin Bacon) is a successful middle-aged man whose marriage to his much younger actress wife, Susanna (Amanda Seyfried) is shredding at the seams, frayed by her secretiveness, his jealousy, and the shadow of his past. In an effort to repair their relationship, Theo and Susanna book a vacation at a stunning, remote modern hom...
Directed By: David Koepp
Written By: Daniel Kehlmann, David Koepp
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
46
19% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 27 Critic Reviews
46
19% Positive
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
63% Mixed
17 Reviews
17 Reviews
19% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
There's a throbbing theme at You Should Have Left's core about what it means to be a man. But if subtext isn't your jam, you can kick back, switch off, and enjoy the eerie thrills and jolting scares of this satisfying horror-thriller.
It’s all rater less than the sum of its parts, but the first two thirds of You Should Leave” impress and engross. It’s a pity we don’t get to see it with an audience. Because if there’s one thing that amplifies tiny frights, it’s other people overreacting as if they’re scared out of their wits.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.5
41% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
41% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
19% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.5
41% Positive
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
41% Mixed
15 Ratings
15 Ratings
19% Negative
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
I enjoyed the acting as much as I enjoyed the plot. Wales, and generally the UK, provides more-than-appropriate a scenery for movies of that sort.
Imagine that I was not in the greatest mood and thought I give it a try. Next thing I know, after the movie finished I was calm and content.
It is a psychological and a horror scenario together.
I wish it was more horrorish.
Nevertheless, I would recommend it.
Thanks for reading and enjoy the movie!
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It should be known that ‘You Should Have Left’ is a psychological horror/thriller film, meaning that the movie focuses on the characters’ mental states and the complexity of their relationships and how this shapes the story. It’s not about cheap scares or loads of blood and guts aka murder, that is all too common in Hollywood horror. It’s about making you uneasy, which You Should Have Left has done quite well.
On the psychological end, once the family is at their vacation home the movie sets up a good premise and setting of having you guess as to what’s real and what is only happening inside the character’s mind. While the second half of the story could have been more fleshed out (a lot happens in a little period of time) when you get to the end of the movie you still get answers and feel that things with the main character and the house have come to a satisfying conclusion.
The couple of Theo and Susanna are played by Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried and their daughter is played by Avery Tiiu Essex. The acting is well done and believable. Kevin Bacon is as good an actor as ever and was one of the reasons I decided to give this movie a try.
Overall, this movie was pretty gripping. It’s definitely worth a watch. Best of all, the movie didn’t leave me with a headache from the stupidity that is most modern movies, especially those in the horror genre.
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Koepp and his cast successfully convey how afraid the family becomes once it's clear they're being supernaturally prevented from leaving the house. But that's not the most original idea upon which to build a franchise, and it's clear from both third-act exposition and the pic's final scene that the filmmakers want just that.
At least Bacon commits, putting all of Theo’s hangups on display and treating his scenes with Seyfried—including a humdinger of a subdued fight about Susanna’s own secrets—like the stuff of a genuine marriage drama, not mere emotional context for a ho-hum thriller. He makes Theo a real character, even as Koepp uses him more like a Rorschach test everyone would interpret the exact same way.
Even at 93 minutes, the material feels thin, and so does its moral message. But the movie's goofy, blunt-edged claustrophobia may also be its greatest gift to viewers: the chance to be grateful that the only ones haunting our own homes right now are us.
The film begins at ugh and ends at dang. You don’t yell at the screen so much as yawn at it. An intriguing plot then turns into a telltale heart that doesn’t pulse.
It might have worked as a drama, but as horror, it’s a disaster.
Kevin Bacon is a great actor and he does not let you down in this mind bending thriller. I recommend this to anyone looking for a good movie to watch.
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You Should Have Left is very reminiscent of The Lodge, but the writing and directing, although not near perfect at all, are everything the latter wishes to be. Even so, though Koepp does a good job with the usual horror scenes most of the time, other times they are overdone and consequently tedious and in their entirety, never too frightening as one would hope - save for one or two scenes. As for the performances, Avery Essex's is always promising. And whilst Bacon's is questionable many times (as is Seyfried's), he seems to pull through towards the end. It all culminates to a 93-minute horror that is mediocre at best.
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The first 45 minutes of the movie was so dreadfully common that it was actually aggravating. But once the ball finally got rolling, it became mildly interesting, but even then, there was nothing particularly special about the plot of this film.
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You Should Have Left''
Whoa, it's spooky that the movie tried to warn to stay away from watching it, but just like a horror movie, I ignored it.
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This movie was trash. Nothing interesting about it. I was looking for a horror fix since I watched every good horror movie that's come out since 2016. When I saw this one I got excited because it looked promising and honestly it was a huge let down. It does what other movies have done before and doesn't even do it very well. Big disappointment I would rate this a 3.5 out of 10.
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