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Cuckoo is a picturesque nightmare that struggles to get its point across
Neon’s latest horror thriller is a gorgeous, confusing story in need of some focus.
Set in a corner of the German Alps where few foreigners tend to wander, Cuckoo follows as sullen, American teenager Gretchen (Hunter Schafer) is forced to move in with her estranged father, Luis (Marton Csokas), and his new family. And while Gretchen doesn’t try to hide her distaste at being uprooted for Luis’ job expanding a secluded resort owned by Herr König (Dan Stevens), she only feels comfortable expressing the depths of her sadness in voicemails to her unseen mother. Singer and cinematographer Paul Faltz take their time infusing Cuckoo with a hazy sense of dread reminiscent of Rosemary’s Baby and Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommy, another film about children distrustful of their parents’ bizarre behavior.
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