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I finally got around to watching this movie last night, after hearing so many good things about it. Great film. The story was solid. The acting was great. I think it lived up to the hype.
Amy Madigan (nearly unrecognizable) was delightfully creepy as Aunt Gladys. I thought Josh Brolin might be a bit too old to play the father of an elementary school student, but it's not unpossible. And he's such a great actor anyway.
It's reported financial success is pretty impressive as well. A box office of something like $267 million off a reported $38 million budget. Even factoring in marketing, that's impressive. I heard there was also a bidding war among studios for the movie. Julia Garner did well. As did Alden Ehrenreich and Benedict Wong.