Voice from the Stone (2017)

Very disappointing...

Truly Dreadful Film

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

I don't know why the plot has to become so lame at the end. It starts with a very promising plot with lots of eerie and mystery clouding the characters. It looks like the director wanted to just wrap up the movie ASAP by not giving the right climax at the end. The ending is, Like your mom just burst inside your room when you were just about to have an orgasms. Very very disappointing ending.

Italy, 1950s. A nurse, Verena, accepts a job at a large isolated castle, caring for a boy who has been mute since his mother died. After some time in the castle, Verena starts to think that sinister forces are at work.On the surface this seemed like a movie with potential: a haunting setting, an intriguing plot setup ...and Emilia Clarke. I prepared myself for a Hitchcockian Rebecca-like experience.Sadly, nothing of the sort materialised.The plot takes forever to develop, is wafer-thin and more about style than substance. The story relies on the intrigue surrounding the boy and the voices, and this ultimately is not much of an intrigue at all. The story moves so slowly that there is hardly any tension.The conclusion hardly makes this any clearer. Quite empty and pointless.

I feel like Voice from a Stone explores a story with two types of ghost, those that manifest themselves as remembrance of those we've loved or lost, and those that appear to us simply as impressions in the mind. As a result Voice from the Stone is a classic ghost story, but delivered delicately, free from action, jump scares and overt drama, but rather a gentle move toward a somewhat predictable end of a slightly slow story.I wasn't convinced of Emelia Clarke's acting or character early in the film, all too reminiscent of her most famous role, eyebrows waggling around like they have a mind of their own - but it felt like as the film grew so did her character. Marton Csokas played the typical brooding, morning, gruff and elusive male / father figure excellently and with support from other members of a small cast the film can only be described as well acted.I'm never too sure what to say about cinematography - all I can say is the parts of the landscape we do see, the house itself are magnificent. Tuscany is a most beautiful part of Europe, and the implied age of the location adds depth to the mystery that propels the story.Overall, I expect the film is not going to suit everyone, it's by no means a great - but never the less a good ghost story well worth a watch.

Before watching, I thought it would be an interesting horror or ghost movie. The whole time I was waiting for something "spooky" to happen but in vain. The film is calm, slow and maybe for some - boring. Nothing valuable happens. Of course, the atmosphere, the house they live in is very nice to watch, but still, I wouldn't have watched if I had known what to expect. the only thing that I liked was the feeling of misunderstanding that the movie left in me at the end. I didn't really get what happened. I am still in a doubt, I have two versions and I think I'll be looking for more reviews to help me solve the idea of the ending