For the better part of a year, The Witch was receiving universal praise on the indie circuit – thanks to positive reviews coming from Sundance and the Toronto film festival. As such, the momentum granted the film a wide theatrical release – when normally, such a low-budget production would find itself skipping straight to streaming, on-demand markets.
And, perhaps that would have been best for everyone…
In The Witch, written and directed by newcomer, Robert Eggers, Anya Tyalor-Joy stars as Thomasin, a teenage girl living with her family on a secluded New England plantation during the 17th century. On a random day, Thomasin is watching her infant brother, Samuel, who, at the blink of an eye, disappears – allegedly into the heavily wooded …show more content…
Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie are particularly impressive, portraying two incredibly religious parents, living in an environment where they’re essentially struggling to make ends meat. They farm a plantation that’s plagued by diseased crops, and are forced to turn to the wilderness for their very survival.
Enter: The woods. Don don doooon…
First, though - the film’s lead, portrayed solidly by acting newcomer, Anya Taylor-Joy, puts on a performance that is comparable to Maika Monroe in It Follows. Joy is not necessarily creepy by any stretch of the imagination, nor does her character intend to be - at least in the beginning. Thomasin is a young woman that’s appears completely disassociated with temptation (unlike her younger brother) - and for as reclusive as she may seem, is pushed to the brink of darkness, inconsequentially. And in true Carrie fashion...
Thus, The Witch becomes a tale in which the road to darkness dominates everything. You have this loving family that wants nothing more than to thrive and live in peace under God, yet this idea that darkness and temptation are ever-present is not lost on any of them. However, the devil is preaching on someone’s shoulder - and to that point, The Witch is somewhat of a mystery. 'Who will turn out to be the evil-doer by the film’s end ' type of
And, perhaps that would have been best for everyone…
In The Witch, written and directed by newcomer, Robert Eggers, Anya Tyalor-Joy stars as Thomasin, a teenage girl living with her family on a secluded New England plantation during the 17th century. On a random day, Thomasin is watching her infant brother, Samuel, who, at the blink of an eye, disappears – allegedly into the heavily wooded …show more content…
Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie are particularly impressive, portraying two incredibly religious parents, living in an environment where they’re essentially struggling to make ends meat. They farm a plantation that’s plagued by diseased crops, and are forced to turn to the wilderness for their very survival.
Enter: The woods. Don don doooon…
First, though - the film’s lead, portrayed solidly by acting newcomer, Anya Taylor-Joy, puts on a performance that is comparable to Maika Monroe in It Follows. Joy is not necessarily creepy by any stretch of the imagination, nor does her character intend to be - at least in the beginning. Thomasin is a young woman that’s appears completely disassociated with temptation (unlike her younger brother) - and for as reclusive as she may seem, is pushed to the brink of darkness, inconsequentially. And in true Carrie fashion...
Thus, The Witch becomes a tale in which the road to darkness dominates everything. You have this loving family that wants nothing more than to thrive and live in peace under God, yet this idea that darkness and temptation are ever-present is not lost on any of them. However, the devil is preaching on someone’s shoulder - and to that point, The Witch is somewhat of a mystery. 'Who will turn out to be the evil-doer by the film’s end ' type of