33/48
It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They decide not to drink blood, despite their natural urges, but one day their truth is revealed. It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They decide not to drink blood, despite their natural urges, but one day their truth is revealed. Kelly Macdonald is strong as Helen Radley. Bo Bragason is also strong as Clara Radley. Damian Lewis and the rest of the cast are pretty vague and don’t really get involved. The casting is a huge mistake. The story is about a vampire family that no longer drinks human blood. The problem is that there is no story. It’s more like a few days in the life of a boring vampire family. We wander from one scene to the next, with nothing really happening. There are constant scenes where people just stare at each other or stare at a wall. Nothing happens and we are not conveyed any feelings. People just stand or sit there for seconds doing nothing. None of the characters, except for Helen and Clara, really have any personality. Perhaps one of the worst characters I’ve seen in a very long time is the pseudo-hippie-vampire-leader Will, also played by Damian Lewis. The character is not very well put together, and Lewis’s second-rate acting skills can’t really turn anything into a character. So we mostly have bad actors, bad acting, bad script, and amateurish cinematography and direction. Then we’re told that it’s not just horror, it’s also a comedy. I just finished watching it and honestly, I don’t remember anything funny that happened in the entire show. It’s almost funny how bad the movie is, maybe that’s what they mean? After all, the movie has no point. It makes no sense. It’s nothing more than a fly on the wall, a documentary about some boring middle-class vampires going about their daily routines. It’s really boring to watch, and when it finally came to an end and the long, pointless speech ended, I said, «Finally, thank God, it’s over.» I give it a 2 and I think that’s generous.