La forêt

Ce manque de cohérence narrative amoindrit du reste la force dramatique du coup de théâtre final. Dans son vrai premier rôle au cinéma, Natalie Dormer a beaucoup de présence, à défaut de toujours convaincre.

For a while, The Forest defies expectations.

While The Forest is no worse than your average studio horror film; it's still quite sluggishly paced and too unimaginative to recommend as anything more than a slightly passable time waster on a streaming service. 

Audiences unfamiliar with this legacy may initially find The Forest's imitative stylistic flourishes intriguing, although first-time feature director Jason Zada and his trio of screenwriters spurn most of the genre’s rich legacy.

There's barely a scare to be found in this tale of a woman searching for her sister in an infamous Japanese suicide locale.

Decidedly spooky in places, The Forest is a good showcase for Natalie Dormer as a leading lady but fails to build upon its promise. It's not terrible, but still leaves you ultimately unsatisfied.

The Forest doesn’t know if it's a supernatural thriller, a story about repressed childhood darkness, or an eerie doppelganger mystery.

The Forest is a fairly dumb movie, but dumb movies, experience shows us, can often be quite scary.

Natalie Dormer plays an American searching for her twin sister in Japan's Aokigahara forest in this cut-rate horror-thriller.

Puis, dans le dernier tiers du film, tout bascule: le récit - qui commence à s'étirer inutilement - prend soudainement une tangente invraisemblable, comme si les producteurs avaient charcuté le scénario. Coup de théâtre, la finale, abracadabrante, laisse le spectateur perplexe et déçu.