A film with some beautiful material to work with, and is worked with in an intellgient way. Despite this, it does rather 'over-egg the pudding', perhaps laying on its violences and emotional resonances too hard, if these are in some ways justified.
The Pinter-esque undercurrents of violence soon becomes pretty obvious over-currents. What is seen at first in an ambiguity of script and deliverance soon becomes all too obvious due to dead dogs and burning barns. The weird and the violent is not so much suggested as thrown into your faces.
Despite this, the uses of language and the idea of one from outside coming in to disturb is a wonderful theme, and the actors in this all deliver fine performances.
This whole film probably works best as a metaphor for having children. With the heat turned down a couple of degrees, it could have been brilliant.
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