Reviews of the film "Somnias": description, reviews, actors and roles

Dreams that materialize in reality, especially nightmares, are a simple but inexhaustible and irrelevant idea for the creators of horror films. The new film project of the author of "Okulus" - horror "Somniya" (2016) as a whole coped with the task of converting this idea into an interesting film.

Arthouse of the world of horror

Horror films are quite conservative kinograin, so much so that any attempt to innovate the director can lead to the failure of the tape at the box office, depressing box office fees and horrible reviews of critics. Fortunately, such a fate passed the film "Somnias", reviews, comments about which are written mostly in a positive way. The IMDb film's rating is 6.10, which is an order of magnitude higher than the average statistical estimate of horror.

The director and co-author of the script is the famous Mike Flanagan, which in itself can act as a guarantor of quality. Reviews of the film "Somnias", compiled by the specialists of the film industry, say that during the viewing the viewer will face something atypical, significant. Horror is positioned by them as an arthouse of the horror universe, the creator of which goes its own path against the approved brand. However, some reviewers, instead of praising the creator for their courage, non-standard approach and a well-considered scenario, criticized the creation of Flanegan in the dust. Therefore it is worth noting that the horror film "Somnias" reviews has diametrically opposed - from admiring to cynical.

Care of pacifism

Film critics who view the picture strictly as a straightforward horror, reviews about the film "Somnias" were released exclusively in a negative manner, assuring the viewer that the preview of the project would necessarily disappoint them. Indeed, despite the fact that in the tape there are all the components of the genre - a frightening monster, an abundance of impressive "bu" moments, children with horrible empty eye sockets, - but the further in timing, the more obvious the tape turns to a different angle. And the main tool in the fight against the forces of darkness are not the familiar ancient relics or incantations, but humility, understanding and love. This is what, according to experts, destroys the entire external effect of the culmination of history.

A drama with a mystical component

Fans of Mike Flanegan's creativity appeal to this fact by the fact that this author's technique is a sort of "withdrawal to pacifism", does not destroy the project, on the contrary, makes it stronger. Making up reviews and reviews on the film "Somnias", they describe the director's innovation from a different angle: after an hour a few clichés, but undoubtedly spectacular action, the narrative dramatically changes the vector, turning into a story about children's complexes, secret secrets and parental love. From the concept of blood-chilling horror "Somnias" grows into a gloomy, but at the same time touching drama with a mystical component.

Brief description of the story line

The main character of the film - Cody (Jacob Tremblay), despite his young age, experienced much: his parents passed away, the first guardians from him soon refused, the second disappeared without a trace. Third applicants for adoption, Jesse (Keith Bosworth) and Mark (Thomas Jane), who do not recover completely from losing their only son, become his adoptive parents. The couple hopes to start everything from scratch. But it soon becomes clear that the adopted child has an astonishing gift - his dreams incomprehensibly materialize. At first it seems to a young couple beautiful, children's fantasies, bright and bright, connecting the beauty of butterflies and the colorfulness of fireflies. But soon Jesse lends itself to temptation and begins to use the gift of an orphan to see his own deceased son. After that, Cody begins to dream of horrible nightmares, which end in the same way - comes the terrible monster Crackman. This is the description of the plot of the horror "Somniya" (2016). About the film reviews detailing the narrative narrative, emphasize its secondary nature, some accuse the author of borrowing all known ideas.

Actors' Ensemble

Reviews of the film "Somnias" only formally the stars of the painting are called Kate Bosworth and Thomas Jane. The last in the frame is not so much, he basically "plays charisma". Kate Bosworth is certainly good, she demonstrates great acting talent, but it is overshadowed by the little actor Jacob Tremblay. He starred in "Somnias" before participating in the Oscar-winning "Chamber", but even then it was clear that a young movie star could grow up from a young talent.

American actress and model Kate Bosworth began her film career in 1998 with Robert Redford's The Horse Exorcist. She is known to the viewer as a participant of the following paintings: "The Return of Superman", "The Last Frontier", "Movi 43".

Thomas Jane managed to prove himself in many ways - a television and film actor, a producer, a director, a screenwriter. He was nominated three times for the Golden Globe. He is best known for the films "Deep Blue Sea", "Mist", "Temptation" and "Bloody Thursday".

Jacob Tremblay, a Canadian young actor, made his debut in the television movie "Smurfiki 2". Currently, his filmography has 15 film projects, the most famous of them are "Room", "The Last Man on Earth" and "Somnias".

Almost in Hitchcock style

Whatever the reviews about the film "Somnias", Mike Flanegan is able not only to invent various otherworldly misfortunes, but also to study them in detail, to consider the reaction of heroes to the emergence of monsters in terms of human psychology. In this project, he tries to find and present to the spectator an explanation of all secrets by the phenomena of the human psyche in Hitchcock's way. The director deliberately reduces all the arguments about the mechanisms of the formation of dreams to a simple chain of "stimulus-reaction". This authorial approach at the climax brings the viewer to the final message stating that you need to learn to look your fear in your eyes. This, of course, frustrates those who watch. It turns out such a family movie with a therapeutic effect. He is also helped by the wonderful musical accompaniment of Danny Elfman, which, according to the recognition of the film community, also does not fit in with the idea of traditional horror.