The first half is interesting, but eventually the plot starts giving us hints that it will reduce the film to a completely idiotic cannibalistic conclusion that simply makes no sense.
The kid's mother shows genuine love for her child so why would she want to kill and butcher him? If she was planning to kill him all along, which she was, WHY insist on her boyfriend to be nice to her son and hang out with him? And just days before the murder! That absolutely crushes all logic. "Come on, bond with him, even though that's totally pointless coz we gonna kill him in a few days anyway..."
But these are typical examples of audience manipulation, whereby you lie and cheat them by using plot-devices intended to mislead. It's acceptable to mislead the audience, but this must not involve lies - or scenes that are rendered nonsensical once the plot-twist is revealed.
The way the fat girl escapes and kills the two cannibals is rather unconvincing too. It's way too easy.
Nor do we even get tiny clues what the couple's plan was for AFTER the murder. Nor does it make any sense whatsoever for them to accept a guest into their home - whom they barely even know - just days before the murder. This is complete and utter BS writing detached from realty, from real human behaviour and logic.
A good story could have been developed from the initial set-up, but instead this European film decided to ape American thriller garbage by playing it dumb.
The kid's mother shows genuine love for her child so why would she want to kill and butcher him? If she was planning to kill him all along, which she was, WHY insist on her boyfriend to be nice to her son and hang out with him? And just days before the murder! That absolutely crushes all logic. "Come on, bond with him, even though that's totally pointless coz we gonna kill him in a few days anyway..."
But these are typical examples of audience manipulation, whereby you lie and cheat them by using plot-devices intended to mislead. It's acceptable to mislead the audience, but this must not involve lies - or scenes that are rendered nonsensical once the plot-twist is revealed.
The way the fat girl escapes and kills the two cannibals is rather unconvincing too. It's way too easy.
Nor do we even get tiny clues what the couple's plan was for AFTER the murder. Nor does it make any sense whatsoever for them to accept a guest into their home - whom they barely even know - just days before the murder. This is complete and utter BS writing detached from realty, from real human behaviour and logic.
A good story could have been developed from the initial set-up, but instead this European film decided to ape American thriller garbage by playing it dumb.