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Amelia's Children

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Amelia's Children

2023

Gabriel Abrantes

Carloto Cotta, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Alba Baptista, Anabela Moreira ...

5.0

49

Thriller. Horror A man whose search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal.His excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin brother soon turns to horror when he discovers he is linked to them by a monstrous secret.

	Media	Author	Review
		J. Kim Murphy Variety	"A modest but effectively arch stab at horror (...) But even as 'Amelia’s Children' seems more ordinary by its conclusion, Cotta’s dazed performances give it a special center"
		Chase Hutchinson Collider	"The film never gives birth to anything meaningful"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"Worn down and familiar as some of this kooky genre exercise can be, it ultimately confirms that Abrantes has what it takes to make the movies feel young again"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"A hilariously awful collision of soap opera and horror movie, “Amelia’s Children” teeters so precariously on the cliff top of comedy that one wishes the director, Gabriel Abrantes, had dared to kick it over the edge."
		Simon Abrams rogerebert.com	"It's the quasi-gothic scenario that's amusing here, and it's as fraught as it is straight-forward. That and a perverse sense of humor puts 'Amelia's Children' over the top (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Brennan Klein Screen Rant	"[It] fails to elevate its generic premise into a compelling story despite a largely capable cast (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"

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