Well, the synopsis for the 2021 mystery thriller "Woodland Grey" definitely over-sold the movie. I must admit that I was intrigued about this movie, after having read the synopsis. Sure, when I sat down to watch this movie from writers Adam Reider and Jesse Toufexis then I had never actually heard about it.
I have to say that the movie's storyline was a swing and a miss in terms of properly entertaining me. Sure, the movie started out okay, as you don't really know what is going on, and there is a strange atmosphere to the movie. But as the movie progress nothing worthwhile actually happens, and the movie just monotonously trots on in a bland pace.
And as the movie comes to an end, I have to say that I was left with a staggering and overwhelming sense of 'Was that really it? Seriously?'. So yeah, I wasn't impressed with director Adam Reider's 2021 movie, much less particularly entertained.
The movie doesn't have a particularly large cast ensemble, so there was somewhat of a bigger pressure on the actors and actresses to carry the movie with their performances. I will say that Jenny Raven (playing Emily) and Ryan Blakely (playing William) actually did manage to carry the movie well enough with their performances, despite of having very little to work with in terms of script and characters.
I managed to sit through the entire ordeal, and I do call it an ordeal because the pacing of the narrative was slow and monotonous, and there wasn't really much of anything thrilling or exciting going on as the storyline progressed.
My rating of "Woodland Grey" lands on a very generous three out of ten stars.
