Hereditary Review: Toni Collette's Family Has Serious Issues

<img src="https://https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Hereditary-movie-poster.jpg" /><p>Ari Aster's feature directing debut <a href="https://screenrant.com/tag/hereditary/"><strong><em>Hereditary</em></strong></a> has been generating buzz since its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, and with good reason - it's a pretty freaky movie. To be fair, Aster has been making waves with his short film work since 2011 and his transition to feature filmmaking only further establishes him as a storyteller with a style that's heavily informed by genre traditions, yet very much his own. Toni Collette, who earned her scream queen stripes nearly twenty years ago on <em>The Sixth Sense</em>, is the anchor that keeps <em>Hereditary</em> on course, even when it threatens to veer off the tracks completely. <em>Hereditary</em> has more spooky ideas than it knows what to do with, but enough of what it throws at the wall sticks to make for one twisted horror movie.</p><p>Collette stars in <em>Hereditary</em> as Annie Graham, an artist who makes small-scale models and lives with her husband Steve (Gabriel Byrne), teenaged son Peter (Alex Wolff), and 13-year old daughter Charlie (Milly Shapiro). Following the death of her reclusive mother, Annie cannot escape her feelings of guilt and even has visions of the Graham family's recently-deceased matriarch around their house. Upon deciding to attend a grief support group, Annie finally admits that her family has a history of mental illness and that it contributed to her being estranged from her mother in the years leading up to her death.</p> <strong>Click to continue reading <a href="https://screenrant.com/hereditary-movie-reviews/">Hereditary Review: Toni Collette's Family Has Serious Issues</a></strong><br /><br /> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/hereditary-movie-reviews/">Hereditary Review: Toni Collette's Family Has Serious Issues</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://screenrant.com/">ScreenRant</a>
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June 07, 2018 at 08:06PM