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A Balasaur Score of 70 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 91%, Metacritic 77/100. Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 86% of the 2,262 2020s horror movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
When elderly mother Edna inexplicably vanishes, her daughter rushes to the family's decaying home, finding clues of her increasing dementia scattered around the house in her absence.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic77/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
846 audience votes
Key crew
- Natalie Erika JamesDirector
- Christian WhiteWriter
- Natalie Erika JamesWriter
- Brian ReitzellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Emily MortimerKay
- Bella HeathcoteSam
- Robyn NevinEdna
- Chris BuntonJamie
- Steve RodgersConstable Mike Adler
- Catherine GlavicicDoctor Stanley
- Jeremy StanfordAlex
- Christina O'NeillGrace
- John BrowningNursing Home Man
- Robin NorthoverElderly Man
Stills
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Themes
dementiachristmas treealzheimer's diseasewoodsmelbourne, australiadisappearanceold housemissing persongrandmotherchristmasmoldmother daughter relationship