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Streaming and screaming once again with SEPARATION currently streaming on NETFLIX.

CAST – Rupert Friend, Violet McGraw, Madeline Brewer, Mamie Gummer and Brian Cox

DIRECTOR – William Brent Bell

PLOT- A father and struggling artists attempts to come to terms with his divorce, while his young daughter finds comfort in the creepy puppets created by her parents.

Apparently this movie has had a lot of hype on Tik Tok(I don’t use that platform) but I have had it mentioned to me on multiple occasions , so I thought I would check it out. I have to be honest, Netflix is a service I rarely use when it comes to watching horror movies. There has been some really good ones on there but more often than not there has been some disappointing movies and unfortunately, in my opinion, SEPARATION falls under that category.

This was a really hard watch for me, in the sense that it just dragged and was difficult to keep my interest. From the beginning the family troubles and divorce procedures start which makes you instantly dislike the Mother, played by Mamie Gummer and to her credit she plays this role well as she is VERY unlikable. Things are kinda dull as this part of the story goes on, until an “out of nowhere” moment which could possibly be the most exciting thing that happens. The seemingly popular moment on social media involves a sinister looking clown(as shown in the poster) I hadn’t seen any images of this prior to watching and all I can say is I just can’t see the hype, there was nothing original or shocking about it, it reminded me of The Crooked Man from The Conjuring 2 and I was told resembled Art The Clown a bit but that was definitely not the case. In fact all of the other “monsters” had this effect for me, I just wasn’t impressed with their design but the fact you don’t really get to see them much doesn’t help.

For a movie that is centered around emotions, grief and depression I struggled to connect with the characters going through these feelings. This is due to a mixture of the story and some of the acting but the most impressive performance comes from Violet McGraw, who plays the young daughter, which comes to no surprise.

The climax doesn’t elevate this film at all, the twist is predictable from the beginning as is the few reveals throughout the movie. At a run time of 1 hour and 47 minutes, I honestly feel this could have done with being shorter.

SEPARATION gets a rating of 1/5 from me, a very very low priority stream and another case of “don’t believe the hype”

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