In the Tall Grass

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In the Tall Grass

2019

1h 30m

Drama

Horror

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A brother and sister enter a field of tall grass to rescue a boy, but they soon realize they cannot escape and something evil lurks in the grass.

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Critics Consensus

A potentially intriguing premise is rapidly lost in the weeds during In the Tall Grass which struggles to stretch its slim source material to feature length.

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Brad Newsome

Sydney Morning Herald

10/30/2019

Netflix seems to be banging out Steven King adaptations as fast as King used to bang out books. This one, based on a novella by King and his son Joe Hill, is quite a decent little creeper too.

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Monica Castillo

Polygon

10/07/2019

While it's not the sharpest of King's stories, Natali's cast redeems the film's shortcomings.

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Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Chronicle

10/04/2019

The performances are all solid, and writer/director [Vincenzo] Natali and cinematographer Craig Wrobleski wreaking fiendish menace from the grass jungle. Surely, they're not in Kansas anymore.

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Julian Singleton

Cinapse

Jul 12

In the Tall Grass is a chilling combination of Natali’s confined style and King and Hill’s expansive love of the bizarre.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/22/2022

2.5/5

There is only so much you can do with such a small amount of source material, and in compensating for that “In the Tall Grass” repeats itself too much.

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Graeme Tuckett

The Post NZ

10/22/2021

Tthis is hands-down one of silliest and funniest - unintentionally - alleged horrors I've seen in years.

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Aaron F

@RT19847702 1d

Ts ass Ong never watch this movie for your own sanity

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Owen S

@RT27707471 Apr 19

It’s worst one and a half hours of my life in my opinion this rating is very generous

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Boast A

@RT99507563 Apr 7

18 minutes in, already not liking it. Came out to look at reviews to see if I should keep at it.. nah.

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Oliver M

@RT13671576 Apr 6

Anybody who claims to enjoy this movie is lying. Incest and baby eating. Proper vile. Don’t watch

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onyango N

@RT31321005 Mar 20

The concept is fairly good and makes sense at the end. Whereas people say it's about evil in the grass I found a different view point. A young man is given a chance to change the a possibility and he did so at the end. He exchanged his life for his unborn baby and this explains the various twists.

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Richard S

@RT25368873 Mar 15

This movie tries to do a bit of everything, and in the process does none of it well. Creepy child? Horrible monsters? Grass that makes you go insane? Time travel? Sure why not! It's like a pot ruined by too many chefs.

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Synopsis

A brother and sister enter a field of tall grass to rescue a boy, but they soon realize they cannot escape and something evil lurks in the grass.

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Producer: Steven Hoban, Jimmy Miller, M. Riley, Mark Smith
Screenwriter: Vincenzo Natali
Production Co: Netflix, Copperheart Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 18, 2019
Runtime: 1h 30m