UToni Collette 'kwiLifa'Reid Chavis, ngoncedo lwe-A24 Xa umama wakhe oneminyaka engama-78 esweleka, u-Annie Graham (u-Toni Collette ocacileyo, omnye wase-Australia ovela kwiimuvi ezininzi kwezi ntsuku kunoNicole Kidman) kunye nomyeni wakhe uSteve (uGabriel Byrne) baya ekhaya e-Utah elimfiliba, dreary, engenabuhlobo kwaye iyothuka ngokuqinisekileyo. Ilifa, Umtsalane omde, wokuzenzisa okulandelayo, uqhayisa ngelebheli yamagama amane kwifilimu yomnyhadala wefilimu ohlala uqinisekisa ngentlekele embi: IBig Hit kwiSundance!
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Njengokuba kutyholwa ukuba iifilimu ezoyikisayo, le imalunga nokoyikisa njengamaBowery Boys Izipoki zibaleka endle. Kwiveki enye emva kokuba uMama engcwatyiwe, u-Annie ufumana iphephancwadi eliyimfihlo elishiye ngasemva malunga nezinto zokomoya. Ingcwaba lakhe lihlanjelwe, ngoko siyazi ukuba uyabuya. Ke abantwana bayahamba ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Emva kokunqumla intloko yentaka efileyo, intombazana eneminyaka eli-13 engakwaziyo ukuhlala nentlalontle uCharlie (Milly Shapiro) unyanzelekile ukuba athethe kunye nomntakwabo uPeter (Alex Wolff) owayetshaya ngamatye epatini apho wayeginye into ebulalayo. kwaye xa egoduka uzibetha entloko kwingozi yemoto ebulalayo. I-Annie esele iluphu iya kwischizophrenic.
Oh ewe. Ukusukela ukuba ubuzile, kukho indoda enguTata-kaSteve, kodwa konke akwenzayo kukujikeleza ngokungakhathali, ejonge ikati.
Ngokusebenzisa ilungu leqela lakhe lokucebisa ngosizi oye wanxibelelana nomzukulwana wakhe oswelekileyo ngoncedo lomntu ophakathi, u-Annie uqhuba isihlalo sakhe kwaye wenza uCharlie ngaphaya kwengcwaba. Izinto zithatha ngobumnene xa imimoya ye-gossamer idada endlwini kwaye umzimba kaGogo ongenantloko ufumaneka kwigumbi eliphezulu. UPeter uhamba ngebheserk kwaye uhlamba intloko yakhe edesikeni yakhe esikolweni. U-Annie uzama ukutshabalalisa incwadi kaCharlie kodwa ingalo yakhe ibamba umlilo. Ibhalwe kuphela ngamakhandlela, indlu engaqhelekanga ijike ibe ngumnqamlezo phakathi Igqwirha kwaye Ipoltergeist, Susa imincili okanye intelekelelo nokuba yeyiphi.
Ubongozwe ngumhambisi ukuba angazivezi izimanga zebanal ezikulindeleyo, ndiza kuthi kuphela u-Utah udlala umnyango esihogweni kwaye uToni Collette akazange abonakale edidekile kwaye engalawuleki. Umlawuli wexesha lokuqala u-Ari Aster umkhokelela emasangweni obugeza nangaphaya, ngaphandle komzuzwana wokuphakamisa iinwele. Njengokuba izehlo zekhaya likaGraham zisanda, iziphumo zikhula kabuhlungu, kodwa zihlala ixesha elingaphezu kweeyure ezimbini, Ilifa ilahlekelwa ngamandla kangangokuba ayinakuchaza umahluko phakathi kwentlekele kunye ne-tedium. Inemizuzu embalwa ye-gotcha ebonakala ngathi ayinakuphepheka kwibhokisi yeofisi (ndiyibonile kwindawo ephindaphindayo ngobusuku bangoMgqibelo nabantu abangaphantsi kwama-20 kubaphulaphuli) kwaye akukho nto inyanzelekileyo yokuqinisa umqala.
Iphela ngoJudy Collins ecula iJalid Mitchell's ballad Zombini iiNdawo eziNgoku, ezenza nokuba mncinci ukuqonda kunomboniso bhanyabhanya ngokwawo.
Kule mihla abadlali abangaveli kwiimuvi ezimbi, bayanyanzelwa ukuba bavelise ezabo iiflops. UToni Collette kunye noGabriel Byrne abasebenzisanayo basebenze Ilifa. Bafanelwe koko bakufumanayo, ngomhlakulo.
