In this stylish Finnish psychological horror debut from Hanna Bergholm, a perfect family Scandi-idyll is quickly shattered, leading to driven young gymnast Tinja finding an egg in the woods that she takes back to her bedroom where it grows rapidly and hatches into a nightmarish creature that has a profound impact on Tinja and those around her. The steady reveal of the underbelly of the superficially perfect and constructed lifestyle, archly juxtaposed with the mother's desperate social media facade, plays like Sam Raimi via David Lynch, led by committed and impressive performances from Sophia Heikkila as the mother and Siiri Solalinna as young Trinje. The blending of fable, allegory, horror tropes and social comment is handled extremely effectively, and the exploration of family life and the pressures put on young girls today are handled in an interesting and thought-provoking yet entertaining manner.
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