SummaryEdward searches for biological family in Portugal. He finds a villa and reunites with his long-lost mother and twin. But their shared past holds a dark secret that will forever change his understanding of his identity and origins.
Directed By:Gabriel Abrantes
Written By:Gabriel Abrantes
Amelia's Children
Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.9
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
52
33% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
17% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Mar 1, 2024
75
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, though it’s never quite ha-ha hard enough to be satirical, nor sincere enough to be campy.
Mar 1, 2024
67
You can almost feel the director coming alive behind the camera whenever Amelia’s Children shifts gears from a gothic horror story to a giallo-inflected satire about the European aristocracy’s penchant for self-preservation at any cost.
Mar 4, 2024
60
A climactic tilt into a fight for survival remains sharply rendered by Abrantes, but it unfolds towards a forecast destination. The film’s evocative edge is gone.
Mar 1, 2024
50
Unfortunately, Amelia's Children seems content to coast on the most generic possible avenues the genre can provide, with little to no variation.
Mar 1, 2024
40
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.
Mar 1, 2024
30
Amelia's Children is a horror film that has moments of unintentional humor, but is ultimately dull rather than some sort of clever dark comedy.
User score
Generally Unfavorable
3.9
33% Positive
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
11% Mixed
1 Rating
1 Rating
56% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
Jun 18, 2024
2
Reuniram uma série de clichês do gênero aqui: um passado traumático enquanto bebês, uma mãe desolada com esse passado, um casarão no meio do nada, escuridão, momento tenso com um molho de chaves, cenas que não passam de sonhos (e ainda um sonho dentro do sonho!), uma figura "zumbi" meio esquisita, vários cortes estranhos e sustos apoiados na trilha... Ri com a cena da música, puseram um "Garota de Ipanema" bem ao estilo, vai qualquer música famosa em português, não importa o oceano que separa o Brasil de Portugal. As atuações até tentam, mas com um roteiro capenga não há muito o que fazer.
Production Company:
- Artificial Humors
Release Date:Mar 1, 2024
Duration:1 h 31 m
Tagline:A mother's love never dies.
Awards
Portuguese Film Academy Sophia Awards
• 2 Wins & 6 Nominations
Gérardmer Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Golden Globes, Portugal
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
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