Sweet Home

Especially in the first half, Sweet Home screams in its hopelessness. Whenever the plot needs to move forward or get complicated, one of the good guys drops something, or stumbles on something, or their phone rings drawing the attention of the villain. And then there is the exaggerated score, which ends up being counterproductive. Shooting mostly in English wasn’t a very good decision, either, the Spanish actors don’t speak it very convincingly (assuming the English-Spanish BluRay is the original version and not dubbed). At times it’s also unintentionally funny. But as a plus, it has pretty good technical values and there’s the respect-worthy boss in the last act. In this case, I a have a bit of a sugar rush and I’m giving it at least three stars, even though reason tells me that it should be less. (05/09/2015)

The curse of this year's horror films continues. I was expecting a lot from Sweet Home, it was one of the ten most anticipated horror films of the year and in the end it's just another mediocre, sterile home invasion flick like hundreds of others (the IMDB rating of 4.7 isn’t very enthusiastic, either). The downside is the long running time, it’s a nice 80 minutes, but absolutely nothing happens for 40 minutes, then comes Cleaner, who’s the only one that deserves praise, but again it wasn't fully utilized. Very little gore, mostly spoiled by bad and fast editing, darkness or classic out of frame, so unsatisfactory in that respect as well. The tension and atmosphere in the final third sort of work, but after a painful first half you just don't care. Hooray for Summer Camp, which has to be for a full score! Story 3/10, Atmosphere 5/10, Gore 4/10, Visuals 6/10, Action 4/10, Entertainment 5/10.55% (02/09/2015)

The Spanish-Polish film Sweet Home is a straightforward home invasion survival movie, with the central couple so relatable, believable and good that it doesn't matter that you're watching them in a fairly expected story. You'll also find yourself rooting for them. Truthfully, you won't want some of the scenes to come to fruition while crossing your fingers in certain spots. From this perspective the film works. (01/10/2018)