A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher s... (Full plot summary below)
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A new teacher arrives at a small village in rural Thailand. He has just left the monkhood and has taken a job at the local school in a quest to discover life outside the monastery. He finds that one of his pupils is a mute girl who is being bullied by the other children in the class. Both the teacher and the girl must face the challenges and cruelties of the real world. The girl retreats into a fantasy world, finding solace in the forest with a strange wild boy. The teacher struggles to bring her back, whilst at the same time himself questioning the world of reality. The worlds of fantasy and reality clash with tragic consequences.
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| SF WeeklyJeffrey EdalatpourSomeone made the decision to economize on story and amp up the chase sequences. |
| The PlaylistNick SchagerPotential is buried so deeply within "The Forest" that is registers as mere ghostly whispers of a film far better than this ghoulishly graceless one. |
| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe supernatural thriller "The Forest" begins with an intriguing premise and fun, ghost story-type potential but quickly devolves into convoluted hokum that produces more laughs than scares. |
| Entertainment WeeklyChristian HolubAmbiguity is good in a horror movie, but with this many plot elements elbowing each other for room, none of them achieve enough clarity to be properly terrifying. |
| Detroit NewsAdam GrahamZada can't manage to build tension or sustain a consistent air of dread. |
| The MacGuffinBrooke CorsoBy the time the film reaches its ridiculous ending, it has stretched our disbelief to the point of failing to see the point for the trees. |
| Salt Lake City WeeklyAndrew WrightA good setting can do wonders for a genre film, and director Jason Zada has landed a beaut here. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesBill Zwecker"The Forest" delivers as a healthy dose of psychological cinematic terror and an impressive first feature directing effort. |
| The Mail on Sunday (UK)Matthew BondDormer is a refreshing presence but the film is short of genuine, grown-up scares. |
| The AtlanticLenika CruzWith no compelling characters, scares, or plot points to redeem The Forest, the best option for those curious about Aokigahara is probably to watch a 20-minute 2005 VICE documentary about it. |
