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Overall Rank: 22977

Average Rating: 2.1/4

# of Ratings: 10

Theatrical Release Date: 10/04/2019

Language: English

Genre: Drama, Horror

MPAA Rating: NR

Director: Vincenzo Natali

Actors: Patrick Wilson, Rachel Wilson, Will Buie Jr., Avery Whitted, Harrison Gilbertson, Laysla De Oliveira

Plot: Siblings Becky and Cal are on a road trip and have to stop as Becky's pregnancy causes her to get car sick frequently. When they hear a child call out from a Kansas corn field they investigate only to quickly become disoriented and separated. Unable to get back to the road, they realize the field seems to exist in its own space time - and others are also trapped - but when the only escape seems to be death or madness, true freedom comes at a price. -- Chris Kavan

Chris Kavan - wrote on 02/03/2023

A middling adaptation from the master of horror that tries to twist and turn things but only winds up not able to escape its own absurdity.

Matthew Brady - wrote on 01/10/2020

'In the Tall Grass' stinks, but a shitty movie can't destroy Patrick Wilson's theater roots. Easily the funniest part of the movie. Why is it every time Patrick Wilson loses his mind he suddenly turns theatrical? Well you can throw this into the pale of wasted Stephen King adaptations.

Andulamb
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Tall grass is scarier than supernatural rocks

Andulamb - wrote on 08/26/2022

Stephen King tends to ruin his stories by going overboard with supernatural elements. For example, compare the film version of The Shining to King's novel; the film wisely eliminates all the ridiculousness of the hedge maze and the boiler. Then there's It, with its ridiculous ending involving a giant alien spider. I strongly suspect that King comes up with his stories by spinning a large wheel of plot elements: first spin, creepy clown; second spin, sewer; third spin, giant alien spider. Viola! Anyway, In the Tall Grass suffers from the same sort of unnecessary supernatural nonsense. The first third or half of the movie is great: people get lured into a huge field of tall grass from which they can't escape. As a kid, I walked a few rows into a cornfield, went a distance down one row, …