MidnightReader

Trigger warning for death and suicides

As thrillers go, this one was on the low end of entertaining. I wouldn't go so far as to call it boring, but it's not exactly "thrilling" either. It was a very interesting idea for a movie, but the execution was simply lacking. There were also a few plot holes and questionable decisions made throughout the movie. The panic also seemed very contained outside of the mass suicides, which didn't seem very realistic considering how many people had died in such a short amount of time and in such a public way.

The main character spends a lot of the movie hunting down medicine for his family, and honestly, it got comical how often this man gets his hands on the medicine just for something to happen, and he loses it. I shouldn't be fighting the urge to laugh when this man's family is on the line, but each time was getting more and more ridiculous.

What I liked most about the movie was the symptoms of this parasite and how we learn about them after seeing our main character's family show said symptoms in a very natural way, so that you only see them once you know about them.

Like I said the movie is average, but that doesn't mean bad so if you want to watch it and you have a couple hours of free time there are much worse things to watch.