8/10
This was a pleasant surprise because I'd never heard anything about it, but it seems a lot of people were mislead by the marketing campaign to believe it's some kind of horrror/suspense movie. The first 30 minutes certainly set the framework for it but then the movie goes in a completely different direction. In short, a 20-something is sent a package by an 8 year old girl named Abby containing a painting of a picture he took for a newspaper. Eventually he becomes tangled in a penpal/email/Facebook/texting friendship with Abby, her mother Angela, and her older sister Megan. I won't say anything else but it's a very interesting story (shot documentary style) that develops in very smart, unflinching ways. The acting is superb, my only nitpick was that the movie felt like it was treading water for the last 20 minutes. Still enjoyed it a lot though.
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