A DREADFUL, MEAN-SPIRITED MASTERPIECE!

BRING HER BACK PULLS INSPIRATION FROM THE PREVIOUS DIRECTORIAL DEBUT ‘TALK TO ME’ AND ALSO CHANNELS IT’S INNER ‘HEREDITARY’.

THERE’S A DREARY, ATMOSPHERIC BEAUTY TO THE FILM, WITH AN ALMOST CONSTANT AMBIENCE OF RAINY DAYS. THE ACTING IS NOTHING SHORT OF INCREDIBLE. I FOUND THE SIMPLICITY OF THE STORY REFRESHING. THERE IS A SENSE OF ELEVATED HORROR, YET IT DOESN’T PUSH THE METAPHORICAL BOUNDARIES TO AN EXHAUSTING POINT.

IT’S SURPRISINGLY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND DOESN’T RUSH IT’S STORYTELLING. DEALING WITH LOSS AND THE GRIEF THAT STAYS WITH YOU IS AN UNDENIABLE FORCE IN THIS FILM. I LOVED THAT ‘BRING HER BACK’ DIDN’T FOLLOW THE CLICHE PATH IN WHICH THE AUDIENCE FINDS RELIEF AND THE STORY GOES THE WAY THEY WANT IT TO GO. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR SCARES, YOU WILL SURELY NOT FIND THEM HERE. WHAT YOU’LL FIND INSTEAD IS A DISTURBING, YET BEAUTIFUL MOVIE, HELD TOGETHER BY AN EXTREMELY TALENTED CAST.

4 OUT OF 5 STARS