In the Tall Grass

In The Tall Grass proves a solidly spooky film, seeded with some tantalizing moments of terror. But it never grows to outright terrifying.

This should be a haunting, claustrophobic nightmare, but Natali over-complicates the source material — just like his characters, our reasons for investing in what happens next get lost in the fields.

The strong atmospherics and performances aren’t quite enough to keep In the Tall Grass from feeling like, well, wandering through a bunch of tall grass.

Despite the handsome Craig Wrobleski cinematography, and despite a typically fine performance by Patrick Wilson as the lost kid’s dad — slowly going mad in the bush — “In the Tall Grass” runs too long and repeats itself too much to be as gripping as its source material.

In the Tall Grass is just a few minutes old before the emptiness beneath its Escherisms creeps up into the soil, and the movie only grows more enervating with each new wrinkle Natali introduces.

Fittingly, for a story about wandering around in a field, it winds up going nowhere.

Vincenzo Natali’s film divests itself of stakes in the name of total meaninglessness.

A good psychological horror movie with an engaging plot. It leaves room for our own interpretations and theory, like most of King's books.

Based on the Stephen King/Joe Hill novella of the same name, In the Tall Grass definitely has the King tone. It isn’t the best adaptation of a King story, nowhere near it, but it has moments of creepiness and genuine scares. The concept is genius, it has so many good and disturbing ideas that it elevates the entire film. The main flaw of the film is that it feels somewhat stretched, like a lot of King short story adaptations. The acting, other than that of Patrick Wilson is also subpar. But, I would still recommend it for any Stephen King fans, or anyone who’s looking for a good scare while being able to overlook some pacing issues.

I thought In the Tall Grass was an ok movie. it was really interesting and it gets more and more interesting

Boring and messy. "In the Tall Grass" certainly has an interesting concept, but it's drowning in a mess of cliches, idiotic characters, and bad CGI. Upon finishing this film I was shocked to discover that it's only 90 minutes, because it felt as though it was over 2 hours. Many of the characters in this film make rash, moronic decisions that lead to convoluted conflicts. All the while the movie can't even be bothered to be well shot or even particularly scary. A waste of time to be certain. - Best Performance: Patrick Wilson

While at first I thought it will be nice idea for a scary movie with some weird twists and mindf*** type movie, it was just a bit too boring and dumb while watching and I didnt really get it's idea I guess.