The Ritual (2017)
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
Just watch this movie if you are in for a good old eerie, occult atmosphere. For me watching The Ritual resulted in a satisfying movie night. FINALLY. Haven't seen anything like it for a while (The Witch perhaps.. ). As for films, I was craving something dark but enchanting. And I was happy to find one of the best takes on the friends & a scary forest genre. The Ritual really lured me into a mystery, right from the start. Some parts in the end were even quite touching. Not gonna spoil, it's really worth the try.
Thrilling movie in the creepy woods! Would watch again.
It's a non found-footage version of The Blair Witch Project... that's all you need to know.
I know, people are going to say I never gave it a chance. However, as someone else stated, relate-able characters are key, and I could relate to the one friend and I identified him as someone whom I would despise for his actions through the rest of the movie. I was just done at that point. I'm beyond picky at this time in my life and I am very unforgiving. This movie failed in the first 5 minutes and I moved on to find one that didn't.