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[spectacletheater]

This. All month. Horrors in babysitting via Michael Thelin’s EMILIE.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 – 7:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 18 – 10 PM SATURDAY, MAY 27 – 10 PM

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[spectacletheater]

EMELIE dir. Michael Thelin, 2016 80 min USA

WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 – 7:30 PM THURSDAY, MAY 18 – 10 PM SATURDAY, MAY 27 – 10 PM

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As their parents head out for a date in the city, the three young Thompson children – Jacob, Christopher, and Sally – immediately take to their new babysitter Anna (Sarah Bolger, THE LAZARUS EFFECT), who seems like a dream come true: she’s sweet, fun, and lets them do things that break all of their parents’ rules. But as the night creeps along and Anna’s interactions with them take on a more sinister tone, the kids slowly realize that their caretaker may not be who she claims to be. Soon it’s up to big brother Jacob to protect his siblings from the increasingly nefarious intentions of a very disturbed woman whose weapon is trust, and whose target is innocence.

Featuring a tour-de-force performance from Bolger and its three young leads, EMELIE is a multidimensional, uncomfortably tense thriller that asks the question: how can you put an end to horror after you’ve already let it in

[heartbreakfeelsgoodinablog]

I’m your new babysitter

[tudorscharlot]

Emilie (Michael Therin, 2015)

Now this is a bullshit movie. It’s always a gamble with horror/thriller films of unknown provenance, but this one was most definitely not worth my time (though I did finish it). 

SPOILERS (not that it matters)

I just don’t want to see any more films about the experiences and actions of women who are mentally ill that were written and/or directed by men. It’s almost always misogynistic and insulting. Don’t use mental illness as a plot device. Don’t write stories about “crazy” women who are one-dimensionally evil for the sake of the advancement of your plot. This film uses the title character’s psychological break (WELL, ACTUALLY she specifies that she cracked but didn’t break - brilliant fucking writing, lads) as the motivation for her traveling from Canada to the US (for some reason?) to stalk a child to abduct and then executing an elaborate yet sloppy yet murderous plot to carry out the abduction. And somehow she has a videotape of the children’s dad having sex with his mistress? Sarah Bolger is a charismatic villain and the child actors are all good. But the writing is terrible and the character development is nonexistent. Even if we put aside the glaring sexism and stigmatization of mental illness in this film, there are so many holes in the story and its logic and the actions of the characters. It’s a careless film. Not recommended!

[imagememovimento]

EMELIE | ★ ★ ½ #154 | Michael Thelin, 2015

"A babá substituta de um casal acaba sendo mais do que esperava quando submete seus filhos a uma série de atividades impróprias."

O que salva este filme sobre uma babá com cara de poucos amigos é a atuação da crianças. E também conta com certas cenas que valem a pena.

Visto na TV por Netflix em 1º de maio. // Seen on TV by Netflix on May 1st, 2018.

[haverwood]

Emelie, Michael Thelin. USA, 2015 ★ This is bad. But the last few minutes are so incompetently made that you wonder what's going on with movies, your life, the world..

[babadork]

Emelie (2016)

[sewerhawk]

Emelie (2015) Dir. Michael Thelin