Beyond the North Woods

It was something, but I have yet to decide if it was something good. The film work and acting felt "authentic" which is always a plus for found footage style films. Great portrayal of an obnoxious youtuber trying to get good footage. The meat of the story is...well I'm not really sure that there is a story. The events flow and are tied together very well, but it still doesn't leave us with much of a narrative that leads anywhere. The movie did a great job of building and maintaining tension with nothing really happening, and kept feeling as though it was building to some kind of big reveal that never came. Don't get me wrong, there is a twist, but even that twist just felt like it was building to some big revelation that would provide a reason for this story being told. That being said, at no point was I bored and wanting to turn it off, so even though by the end I really wasn't satisfied with the lack of answers or meaningful plot, it was not a difficult film to get through. I always look for something different from a film that I watch, and this at least delivered that for me. However, I am unsure of the kind of person I could recommend this movie to, which makes it difficult to give it a rating above a 6.