![]() It's amusing in spurts but is often too obvious. ![]() She has to go to elaborate measures to hide the body while still juggling all the responsibilities others expect from her. Melanie Lynskey (Togetherness) is an overextended mother who discovers the dead body of her husband on the morning of their daughter's birthday. Vincent (née Annie Clark) called "The Birthday Party" and it's not really horror so much as it is dark comedy with a heaping helping of slapstick. There's no resolution, one moment of shocking gore, and the rest is straightforward maternal ennui. The family joins him one by one except for the mother. The first segment has the most potential, "The Box," about a child that stops eating after getting a peak inside a stranger's wrapped gift. None of the four main segments are that interesting and several don't really have endings. That's the most noteworthy thing for this relatively disappointing movie. XX is the first horror anthology comprised entirely of female writers and directors. ![]()
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