The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by
After a car accident “aggravates an old skull fracture trauma,” Jane returns to the family-death-farmhouse, where she takes way too long to figure out the incredibly obvious person responsible.
Canada, United States · 2016
1h 32m
Director Ed Gass-Donnelly
Starring Abbie Cornish, Dermot Mulroney, Diego Klattenhoff, Justin Long
Genre Drama, Thriller
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A photographer struggling with memory loss discovers her pictures may indicate something sinister is hitting close to home.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) by
After a car accident “aggravates an old skull fracture trauma,” Jane returns to the family-death-farmhouse, where she takes way too long to figure out the incredibly obvious person responsible.
I admire the film’s ability to commit to a rather simple idea, but that idea seems to lack the gravity and impact it ought to.
The film would be a routine affair if not for its baroque aesthetic gestures and a captivating turn from star Abbie Cornish.
Los Angeles Times by Noel Murray
Gass-Donnelly has a great eye and brings some genuine beauty to his movie’s rural setting. The preoccupation with aesthetics though means that “Lavender” is sometimes quieter, slower and artier than the material warrants.
Boring, derivative, and infuriatingly illogical, Lavender is a ghost story with no thrills, no surprises, and no sense.
Village Voice by Serena Donadoni
Gass-Donnelly (The Last Exorcism Part II) blends supernatural elements into a psychological thriller for a kind of spectral therapy, but his experimentation ultimately conforms to genre conventions.
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