When Andy (Bill Barrett) and his blind step-sister, Piper (Sora Wong) are orphaned, they are adamant that they not be separated. The system puts them with Laura (Sally Hawkins), a former child counselor, who seems like an ideal match. She even had a daughter (Mischa Heywood) who was also blind so she knows the accommodations Piper needs without coddling her. But when the kids arrive, Andy finds that Laura isn't all that she seems and the other foster child in the house, Ollie (Jonah Wren Phillips), a selective mute, is almost unbearably creepy. The more he tries to figure things out, the more isolated he becomes from Piper, who is literally and metaphorically blind.
This is an A24 film and it's trying really hard to be an A24 film. Honestly, I think Hereditary ruined some people. Like, do they know it's okay to make horror movies that aren't about the grieving process? There is some really cool imagery here and the makeup design for Ollie is excellent but it's so sad and just drags on forever. Very disappointing.
It's currently streaming on HBO Max or whatever the hell it's calling itself now.
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