Knock at the Cabin (2023) Movie Review + SPOILERS

    Knock at the Cabin (2023) Movie Review + SPOILERS

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    is M Night Shyamalan more of a hit or a miss for you?

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    Avatar of @LIAM28427
    @LIAM28427
    15.12.2025
    It was definitely over explained i agree i felt like i was in that cabin and m. Night was trying to convice me what the horsemen where trying to convice the rest of the characters
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    @LIAM28427
    18.07.2025
    I understand if the writers and M. Night did not what to do something so dark as killing a child or they did not what to do some of the gore but then why are they making this movie? I am an actor in theatre and if I don't feel comfortable with a role I just yk don't audition for that role? No one is forcing him to make this movie like if you don't want to do it don' t but if I I auditioning to play a role I am ready to play it and I am ready to play it well.
    Avatar of @walterwright8454
    @walterwright8454
    18.07.2025
    The audience would have crucified him if he killed the kid in the movie.
    Avatar of @chanseymeatball
    @chanseymeatball
    17.07.2025
    Omg super excited for your review!!!!!! 🍿
    Avatar of @nicholefimp1991
    @nicholefimp1991
    17.07.2025
    You look so great! Hope baby is doing good :)
    Avatar of @ericmwanza99
    @ericmwanza99
    17.07.2025
    Omg so excited for your review have been waiting for this review
    Avatar of @dawwe8869
    @dawwe8869
    16.07.2025
    Eyy
    Avatar of @robk.6591
    @robk.6591
    16.07.2025
    Dave Baustista is one of the four armed strangers?

    I would've thought he was one of the hostages.
    Edit: This puts a different spin on this movie for me now.
    Avatar of @thedude1562
    @thedude1562
    16.07.2025
    Sarah I'm not sure if you saw my comment on your last video, but I really think you were hacked because someone pretending to be you keeps hitting me up on Telegram for money. Keeps saying I won all this stuff from your giveaways but I owe $160.00 for shipping. I even got another message yesterday about it. I ended up having to delete Telegram, but I still wanted to give you a heads up about this.
    Avatar of @hollyannbeauty2172
    @hollyannbeauty2172
    15.07.2025
    Love seeing new content from you! And your baby is the most precious girl!
    Avatar of @jocelynjb
    @jocelynjb
    15.07.2025
    I liked the first half of this movie but it just went off the rails, terrible change from the book and a shit ending. The acting was good though, especially Adrian she carried imo. It’s just a shame Adrian doesn’t get the role she does in the book
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    @vVstrand
    15.07.2025
    Bautista just cant act. Like why does hllywd keep casting this guy?
    Avatar of @nalabrown7765
    @nalabrown7765
    14.07.2025
    I heard this is similar to the 2nd cloverfield movie
    Avatar of @thedude1562
    @thedude1562
    14.07.2025
    Btw great video as always. I saw this movie yesterday and I was a little disappointed for various reasons, but I hadn't read the book. Adding that to my list 😉
    Avatar of @EldritchBones
    @EldritchBones
    14.07.2025
    Last movie I saw in the theater before giving birth was Men. Ugh. Lol. I didn't get back out to the theater until she was 5 months, hubby and I saw The Menu. I'm so glad you could get out to the movies!
    Avatar of @jtru0
    @jtru0
    09.07.2025
    This story definitely benefits from ambiguity. I read the book, and decided not to watch the movie. Glad I read it. Yes it is extremely heartbreaking. Poor baby. As soon as the scene played out, I knew that was what they would change. Props to tremblay for going there. I am not surprised they changed wen's fate in the movie. The book overall, I think was a better choice for me.
    Avatar of @darkninjafirefox
    @darkninjafirefox
    09.07.2025
    I really really liked it until the near end. I preferred the ambiguity in not knowing if they were really capable of averting the apocalypse
    Avatar of @MaggieMeyersMakeup
    @MaggieMeyersMakeup
    09.07.2025
    Lovely review ❤️
    Avatar of @joyceschouten8727
    @joyceschouten8727
    09.07.2025
    I loved the movie. Bautista was my favorite (I'm a wrestling fan, so, no surprise there).
    Avatar of @reberuth2335
    @reberuth2335
    09.07.2025
    I’ve not been in the theatre in nearly 3 yrs
    Avatar of @CultOfJeff
    @CultOfJeff
    09.07.2025
    I think M was the wrong director for this. He's always going for the gotcha moment, and this story doesn't work that way. The change to the Wen part (trying not to spoiler too much) was just too much for me - it is THE pivotal plot point. I would have loved to see what someone like Ari Aster could have done with it, keeping it as written originally
    Avatar of @dethincarnate1149
    @dethincarnate1149
    07.07.2025
    I honestly wouldn't call this movie horror, it seemed way more suspense with thriller vibes but nonetheless, I liked it a lot and I would enjoy watching it again
    Avatar of @mistress_mercury
    @mistress_mercury
    07.07.2025
    The ending was a bit lacklustre for me but overall I enjoyed it
    Avatar of @christyfielding7498
    @christyfielding7498
    07.07.2025
    I love M Night and I have at least liked if not loved every movie he's made. And I'm pretty sure I've seen them all.
    Avatar of @Faeryunknow
    @Faeryunknow
    05.07.2025
    I felt that the story went... nowhere.
    The dynamic with the Apocalypse4, their stories, their despair, what must have been going on in their minds... I found that side of the movie very interesting and moving.
    I wasn't moved by the daddies. Eric was too 'soft' and Andrew too much of an A-Hole. Impossible to put myself in their shoes, I was very detached from their struggle, no sympathy for them.

    The only thing that surprised me and the only reason I'd watch that movie again... Bautista. He is an amazing actor.
    Avatar of @JoshsBookishVoyage
    @JoshsBookishVoyage
    05.07.2025
    I loved this book, but I've not seen the film bc I fell ill the weekend it opened 😭. But I couldn't resist hearing how it ended. (Spoilers) I can't help but feel they just played it so safe. Plus, I hate the idea of killing a loved one for the good of the world. I liked how, in the book, they challenged the notion whether the world was worth saving if this was the cost, like Tremblay said himself.
    I still intend to watch the film as soon as I'm able.
    Avatar of @katie.andreas27
    @katie.andreas27
    05.07.2025
    I really enjoyed the movie! Having not read the book, the movie was suspenseful for me.
    Some things I wish they'd done differently would be not finding Redman's ID until after Eric dies. Leave out Andrew finding his license in the wallet, the car scene was enough. That combined with maybe learning at some point that Redman first started the chat room would have left the ending more ambiguous. Were they targeted?
    Also, I would have preferred they left out the diner scene at the end. Indications of things improving would be good, but the diner with all the people did make it seem very cut and dry.
    M. Night's endings are always more positive so really, I didn't expect an ambiguous ending. I like it a lot as is, an ambiguous ending would have been a different kind of take on the story.
    Avatar of @maddygalloway4119
    @maddygalloway4119
    04.07.2025
    I liked the movie up until it diverged from the book. I dont think adaptations need to 100% faithful to be good, but the aspects I found most compelling about the novel (religious indoctrination, brainwashing, ecochambers and the ways media can exacerbate these) are lost completely by the changed ending. The movie felt like a watered-down hollywoodified version of the novel.
    Avatar of @juanmorales9738
    @juanmorales9738
    04.07.2025
    Haven’t seen the movie or read the book, although I do want to read the book. But I agree with your thoughts on moviemaking. SIGNS was the last movie I saw, until SPLIT and GLASS. After SIGNS I felt like his movies got too preachy.
    Avatar of @kristyparlor7849
    @kristyparlor7849
    04.07.2025
    I just watched this Saturday. I liked how thought provoking it is. The end is vague to me. Like was it all a coincidence or not.
    Avatar of @danieladamico5485
    @danieladamico5485
    03.07.2025
    Some of the things you mentioned are the same things I said after watching it. Especially the fact of it being too straightforward, I felt like after the first twenty minutes I knew everything that was going to happen. Also a 3/5 for me.
    Avatar of @asteroid11
    @asteroid11
    03.07.2025
    I thought it was ok. Annoyed that the second trailer (Which was unavoidable if you went to any other movie between December and now) spoiled the fact that the apocalypse was real though. I do not see in any world how this is R-rated, literally everything was off screen, JUST off screen in a lot of cases, but off screen none the less. I think it woulda been more interesting if everything was more vague, not just the ending but throughout. Some ideas were great, like how maybe this isn't the start of the apocalypse, but the end, and its too far gone. I don't wanna sit here and list hypotheticals, cause I thought it was good enough as is, I just felt like nothing quite got there, they were always a step or two short.

    It did have my wife and I talking about what we would do, which is always fun to have a conversation stem from a movie.
    Avatar of @michellemiddlemiss9890
    @michellemiddlemiss9890
    03.07.2025
    The book writer of book lucked what chance!
    Avatar of @Tinamarie.Adorno
    @Tinamarie.Adorno
    02.07.2025
    I really enjoyed this movie! I also really loved Bautista in this roll I thought he was great!
    Edit: now hearing more about the book I think I would actually have liked that ending a bit more.
    Avatar of @vincent_2232
    @vincent_2232
    02.07.2025
    The change in the ending was a pleasant surprise to me! I didn’t like the book ending and wanted some form of resolution and felt like it put a decent but still ambiguous button on the movie!
    Avatar of @michellemiddlemiss9890
    @michellemiddlemiss9890
    02.07.2025
    But your right about seeing the movie first
    Avatar of @faisaliqbal7996
    @faisaliqbal7996
    01.07.2025
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    Avatar of @kathycobb6829
    @kathycobb6829
    01.07.2025
    I wish you would pronounce his last name correctly. Watch him on the Wired article where he answers the web's most searched questions. He actually pronounces his last name.
    Avatar of @Kaywireee
    @Kaywireee
    01.07.2025
    I have not read the book, so it's very interesting to hear the changes made to them from someone who has! I may just pick up the book and re-experience it for myself. I feel the same way about the movie, it's decent and I definitely got teary at the peak of the movie, but I may have hyped myself up too much after seeing the cast and the R-Rating, which leaves me desiring just a little more.
    Avatar of @laurynlumpkins470
    @laurynlumpkins470
    30.06.2025
    this movie was sooooo bad
    Avatar of @calonstanni
    @calonstanni
    30.06.2025
    Thumbnail = full-blown Pearl.
    Avatar of @alfredmeneses5496
    @alfredmeneses5496
    30.06.2025
    I totally agree with you that the the movie was too straightforward in its ending. I didn’t mind the change on Wen and Andrew surviving, but the movie could’ve ended with Wen and Andrew embracing in the treehouse and not have the answer of whether the apocalypse ended or was even real.

    And my interpretation of the hopeful ending in the movie is that the hope isn’t so much for humanity but hope for Andrew and Wen. I viewed Eric’s sacrifice as a passing of hope onto Andrew that he’ll break out of his jadedness and raise Wen from a place of love rather than fear-based self-preservation.

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