The Ones Below

Unrated

5/27/20161h 27m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ How well do you know your neighbors? ~

Overview:

A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends in a shocking accident.

Director:

David Farr

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$121,827.00

Key words:

baby
pregnancy
neighbor
expecting

Cast

Stephen Campbell Moore

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Justin

Clémence Poésy

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Kate

David Morrissey

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Jon

Laura Birn

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Theresa

Deborah Findlay

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Tessa

Jonathan Harden

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Mark

Tuyen Do

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Allergy Doctor

Laila Alj

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Sonographer

Christos Lawton

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Phil

Stephanie Jacob

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
This might have worked a little better had there been just a little more effort put into the characterisations. As it is, it's all a rather predictable drama that sees two couples living above each other in apartments in a converted house. Both are expecting a child, but when an accident robs one couple of that joyous event, rancour looms and the story takes a much darker turn as an unconvincing truce breaks out with a pretty obvious agenda. The story itself is all rather weakly delivered as the relationship between Clémence Poésy and Stephen Campbell Moore and their downstairs neighbours Laura Birn and the sparingly featured David Morrissey plays out in a none-too-plausible, indeed actually quite flawed, fashion. I think it might work better with the added intensity of a stage performance, but here it's a film that leaves too much to our own imagination to fill in the plentiful gaps in the underwhelming screenplay. It's just a bit too lightweight for the topic, sorry.