‘The Terrible Two’ is a supernatural horror about married couple Albert and Rose Poe (played by Reid Doyle and Cari Moskow) who start noticing strange occurrences around their house on the 1 year anniversary of their two daughters’ deaths. For most of the film, however, it feels much more like a drama about the loss of these two parents and doesn’t focus on the horror very much, which I would usually appreciate but it’s let down by the writing. Nothing happens until the last 20 minutes or so and not just in terms of horror, but overall as a narrative. It mostly consists of the Rose being sad, and Albert telling her to go to work and move on. As for the writing, the dialogue does sound unnatural at times and somewhat robotic (which may partly be down to the performances) – for example, just how often the characters use each other’s names is odd. That might seem nit-picky but it’s something that really bothered me for some reason.
The performances generally lacked emotion, although there is one scene I particularly enjoyed when Rose is praying in her children’s’ room – it’s one scene where the emotion was believable. It’s the pacing that drags the film down the most; it takes what feels like forever to even get to the point where the characters realise there’s something wrong. However, that’s not too surprising since the first “scare” (which may be too strong a word) is a children’s shopping trolley rolling a rather short distance.
Overall, I didn’t enjoy this film and it feels way too long for something that’s only an hour and a half. It doesn’t do anything to make you care, as the writing isn’t the best it could be (although the drama and emotion it seems to be aiming for but doesn’t quite reach shows potential), and the acting doesn’t do it any justice either. It’s just flat and has virtually no emotion to make up for the lack of a plot. There’s a beginning and an end, but the middle just seems so empty.
The performances generally lacked emotion, although there is one scene I particularly enjoyed when Rose is praying in her children’s’ room – it’s one scene where the emotion was believable. It’s the pacing that drags the film down the most; it takes what feels like forever to even get to the point where the characters realise there’s something wrong. However, that’s not too surprising since the first “scare” (which may be too strong a word) is a children’s shopping trolley rolling a rather short distance.
Overall, I didn’t enjoy this film and it feels way too long for something that’s only an hour and a half. It doesn’t do anything to make you care, as the writing isn’t the best it could be (although the drama and emotion it seems to be aiming for but doesn’t quite reach shows potential), and the acting doesn’t do it any justice either. It’s just flat and has virtually no emotion to make up for the lack of a plot. There’s a beginning and an end, but the middle just seems so empty.
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