Speak No Evil

As a fan of the original, I really think this did it justice and added a new twist and made its own film.

If you've never savored the blood and bite of a steak, this processed remake will probably serve just fine.

Speak No Evil eventually goes full-on with the familiar horror movie blood-spattering, but the social satire in that well-executed build-up is the real strength of the film.

This is a psychological thriller that lies in wait for its audience, slowly building the skin-prickling sense that something is terribly amiss.

When you won’t speak the evil of “Speak No Evil,” then a disservice has been done to the source terror and how expertly it refused to deliver us to a safe place.

Watkins’ take on Speak No Evil lacks innovation, introspection, and, frankly, a legible narrative identity.

Neither Speak No Evils come all that close to the pinnacle, but the disadvantage that Speak No Evil (‘24) handed itself on a silver platter is that it is working in direct debate, not conversation, with its source material.

[T]aut, well-acted suspense film that plays on our fear of impoliteness, of social faux pas. ... If [it] has a moral, it would be this evergreen: Keep your wits about you and remember ... 'Smiling faces show no traces / Of the evil that lurks within.'

Speak No Evil is in no way a bad film, but it is another example of diluting a narrative to unnecessarily coddle your audience.

I would recommend seeing the superior and more disturbing Danish version rather than this Hollywood-like version.