In spite oft e rather grudging title above, I did enjoy this - not least as the boy, Jacob Tremblay, was rivetingly effective. The supernatural powers had to just be accepted - which was fine - but at the end, while the explanation for the trauma was effective and quite powerfully touching, the other loose ends with characters who ‘died’ was very unsatisfactory and muddled.
It was more sophisticated than many of its ilk and the pacing was good. the director was not afraid to linger and to allow scenes to have their emotional impact. The sort of filmmaker whose other work I would watch on the basis of this. Not because it was visually unique, or even stunningly original in style or content, but because it suggests a filmmaker who is intelligently thoughtful and ahs a degree of originality about what he does.