After skimming many of the reviews there seems to be a similar thought that this movie is unfinished, frustrating and doesn't answer anything. To which I retort yes, it is... that is the point.
The movie is about people who are thrust into chaos with no answers and no way to get answers. We as the audience end up only knowing as much as they know (which isn't much), and that kind of intrigue works wonders because we can really immerse ourselves in the pandemonium alongside them.
This kind of storytelling reminded me of the Blair Witch Project, and that showing as little as possible to the audience is sometimes the best as the human mind can think up terrible and imaginative scenarios with very little information.
I wouldn't say Leave the World Behind is a favorite film of mine, but it does its job superbly and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. A particular shout out to maybe one of the most horrific nightmares of a scene I could have imagined in a teenage boy slowly pulling his own teeth out of his head one by one. Terrifying.
The movie is about people who are thrust into chaos with no answers and no way to get answers. We as the audience end up only knowing as much as they know (which isn't much), and that kind of intrigue works wonders because we can really immerse ourselves in the pandemonium alongside them.
This kind of storytelling reminded me of the Blair Witch Project, and that showing as little as possible to the audience is sometimes the best as the human mind can think up terrible and imaginative scenarios with very little information.
I wouldn't say Leave the World Behind is a favorite film of mine, but it does its job superbly and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. A particular shout out to maybe one of the most horrific nightmares of a scene I could have imagined in a teenage boy slowly pulling his own teeth out of his head one by one. Terrifying.