Movie #1693 ........................."Birdbox"

Movie #1693 "Birdbox" ---If you are like me who kind of stays away from scary movies, you might want to watch this during the day, like I did today.  I was waiting for someone to watch it with, but I just gave up today when I was alone and it was too cold to do any outside activities (yep, it's cold in Arizona)  Anyway, I found it a very entertaining film --- to me, I've seen films something like this and you probably have, too ---- it's set up like  a lot of  mysteries where a cast of characters is  trapped in some lodge or something, and each of them is whittled down to one (thank you to Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians")  It's a law of survival in science fiction, and yes, this is a survival film.  It starts with no exposition --- right at the inciting incident where a woman and two children take off on a long boat ride to safety....and then, like modern books today, the story goes back and forth in time to give you the whole backstory and it gradually meets up to the present.  I like the way it is told because the film keeps you on your toes.  I also enjoyed the tenseness --- the acting is believable (even if the story has a few holes in it and is tough to believe), and because the actors , esp. Bullock, are so good, the viewer buys into the story hook, line and sinker  ---- and it increases in intensity.  This is a 4 out of 5 starred- film to me, and I recommend it to anyone who is not faint of heart.  


"BIRDBOX"    2018   R    2 hours and 4 mins

5 years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

Starring:  Sandra Bullock, John Malkovich, Jacki Weaver

Director:

 Susanne Bier

Writers:

 Eric Heisserer (screenplay), Josh Malerman (novel)