Driving by her deep will of finding her mother, Julia, a young smart single mother, whose son is goes missing, so she makes her mind to investigate on the legend of ' The Tall Man' that kidnaps children.
"The Tall Man" spits out enough scares and twists to maintain our interest, but the film's psycho-sociological layer is almost as cheesy and unconvincing as its low-rent action scenes.
for all this thriller's tautness, its true horror emerges from the uncomfortable ethical questions that it poses - and leaves us to answer for ourselves in the dark.
AV Club
August 30, 2012
It's novel, thought-provoking, and defiant of genre expectations.
"The Tall Man" opens like a ghost story and closes with its feet firmly in the real world. Until then, Pascal Laugier's chilly little thriller manhandles our sympathies and gladdens our eyes in almost equal measure.
New York Daily News
August 30, 2012
The movie itself draws on too long, and eventually goes past at least two potential endings and heads right into the ridiculous.
There's plenty to like about it in hindsight once it's all laid out, but it isn't enough to lift this mystery-thriller out of the realm of the mundane.
If you're a parent who ever, for one cold-sweat second, lost sight of your child at a playground - "The Tall Man" will tap into your darkest fears. And then make them even darker.
