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User Reviews for: Eli

dearflynn
CONTAINS SPOILERS/10  5 years ago
Pretty messy movie that could have been good.
Some things are ridiculous though like [spoiler]the immunologist being a nun or the religious mom making a pact with the devil to have a child[/spoiler] because apparently that’s a thing.
Overall I liked the concept but it wasn’t really well written in my opinion, there are a lot of clichés horror scenes that don’t really land. Seems like they tried to mix different genres together which makes it confusing and I have many questions still. [spoiler]Like, why did the kid think his parents made him believe he was sick when we saw his first « reaction » happened when he was alone ? How was Eli conceived ? Was it like an immaculate conception or did she meet the Devil (the fact that she said he lied to her implies that they met, but...)? How did she even think about praying to the Devil for a child ? I don’t understand how gene therapy just transformed into a full on exorcism session with holy water and shit ? What was the purpose of the bone drill during the first treatment ?? Is it a ghost movie or an exorcism movie or a claustrophobia movie or a conspiracy movie ?? [/spoiler]
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Reply by 2Ls1T
5 years ago
@dearflynn To answer your question: what it is is a mess, lol
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Reply by dearflynn
5 years ago
@2ls1t Definitely, yes. I'm still wondering what was the purpose of the gang scene at the beginning ? Except from the kid saying he wish he could beat them up, it was pretty useless.
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Reply by 2Ls1T
5 years ago
@dearflynn I suppose it was there to show him being allergic to the outside...although I'm not sure how that fits in with the reality of his actual condition. There is a lot about this film that could be improved, that's for sure.
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Reply by littlegreycells
4 years ago
@dearflynn Yeah I wondered that too, the best I could come up with was that his "condition" was affecting him so much (I guess you could say he was CONDITIONED for his condition to be a big thing) that he wouldn't fight back, which I presume is what the parents wanted? I'm guessing they didn't want the "devil" in him to come to the surface, so they used the supposed illness to keep him weak.
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