![]() On the train ride home, the boy takes a peek inside a shiny, red gift box a fellow passenger is holding what he sees quietly stuns him. A mother ( Natalie Brown) takes her young son ( Peter DaCunha) and daughter ( Peyton Kennedy) into Manhattan for a day of fun just before Christmas. We begin with “ The Box” from director Jovanka Vuckovic, based on a short story by Jack Ketchum. Eventually, it’s clear that they don’t have much to do with the shorts themselves, but they’re vividly tactile and beautifully eerie. Hands crawl around, eyes blink open and closed and moths flutter menacingly. The work of Mexican stop-motion animation artist Sofia Carrillo, they feature disturbing images of doll parts moving about on their own in a dilapidated mansion. ![]() There may be a vague through line about upending the traditional female roles of mother, wife and caretaker, but if “XX” is trying to make some sort of statement, it’s not doing so with much clarity or power.Īctually, the interstitials that serve as the film’s creepy connective tissue are the best parts of all. While each segment has its moments, though, none of them are completely satisfying, and only one of them truly comes close to hitting its intended target. ![]()
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