Description. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences. A refugee couple makes a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, but then they struggle to adjust to their new life in an English town that has an evil lurking beneath the surface. Kate and Justin invite Jon and Theresa for dinner so they can get acquainted; the visitors leave their shoes by the door, at the top of the stairs. A couple expecting their first child discover an unnerving difference between themselves and the couple living in the flat below them who are also having a baby. “Hi, we’re your creepy new neighbors,” isn’t quite how Theresa (Laura Birn) and Jon (David Morrissey) introduce themselves in The Ones Below, but they might just as well have phrased it that way. Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. Magnet Releasing/Magnolia Pictures [United States], Canonbury, Islington, Middlesex, London, England, UK. The Ones Below review – elegantly nasty middle-class drama Two neighbouring couples, both expecting a baby, go to war in this stylish psychological thriller Convulsion of fear … Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away. The Ones Below is a 2015 thriller. David Farr takes the giddy, heady days of early motherhood—the frustration and isolation, the exhaustion and confusion—and mines them for creepy, paranoid thrills in “The Ones Below. The Ones Below...a very decent psychological thriller/drama. They’re smiling and look like any happy couple with a new baby. He rushes home to find Kate drowned in the bath, apparently having killed herself after tossing the baby into a nearby canal. Do Kate and Justin know their enigmatic new neighbours? [7], "Berlinale 2016: Panorama Celebrates Teddy Award's 30th Anniversary and Announces First Titles in Programme", "Kent Film Office The Ones Below Article", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Ones_Below&oldid=1003722040, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, £2.3 million (approximately US$3.7 million), This page was last edited on 30 January 2021, at 10:34. Was this review helpful to you? HoloLens PC Mobile device Xbox 360 Trailer. Take a look ahead at some of our most anticipated superhero series arriving in 2021 and beyond. Kate, now on the verge of a complete breakdown, asks Justin to move to a new flat. Kate and Justin are expecting their first child when new neighbors move into the downstairs flat. Add the first question. YES. Every aspect of the film sits mired in mediocrity under David Farr’s guiding hand. Theresa and Jon steal the limelight, and the writer aptly denotes and connects them with the color yellow that is effervescent of their apparent darker side. The production partly shot at the Port of Dover ferry terminal in Kent. THE ONES BELOW is a modern addition to the wave of psycho-thriller films that were all the rage in Hollywood in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The Ones Below Christy Lemire May 27, 2016. Not long after Billy is born, Jon and Theresa return, apparently in good spirits. He hands Kate the milk, which she's often seen drinking, as he's leaving and tells her to call the moving van for tomorrow. Doesn’t matter, both was excellent. Available on. The Ones Below...a very decent psychological thriller/drama. Her petite appearance helps and so does the support from her spouse who is a rather normal husband torn between work and personal life. Read more. Legendary Entertainment and Hammer Films Teaming Up for New Quatermass Movie. So exacting and severe, we see the strings and grow bored of their inevitability. They find a new place, and he works from home until moving day. The Ones Below. Farr has written the story well, and with the backing that he gets from the camera and score, he definitely places his attempt in the good baskets.BOTTOM LINE: David Farr's The Ones Below is a finely made film with some good actors playing natural and slightly eccentric characters who are just trying to manage life... and death. Successful couple Kate (Clémence Poésy) and Justin (Stephen Campbell Moore) are expecting their … Kate gives birth and they name the baby Billy. Expecting their first baby, Kate and Justin live a peaceful life in their little terrace house in London. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. With Clémence Poésy, David Morrissey, Stephen Campbell Moore, Laura Birn. Yet, for the two female leads one is French, the other from Finland. 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