LONGLEGS Movie Review **SPOILER ALERT** 

Ok, here I am. In the parking lot of the theater. Unable to proceed with life until I watch your review of the movie that just ended 3 minutes ago.

My husband: Let’s go see “LongLegs” this weekend. Me: Let me see what Joseph and Nick think first. My husband: Who?! Me: 👁️👁️

I don't think Longlegs was the actual devil or possesed by the devil. He was just carrying out his will. Through devil worship and ritual, the devil's 'magic'/'powers' flowed through Longlegs and into the dolls when embedding that dark smoke-like soul in the metallic spheres in their heads.

Joesph's life story, "I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives in The House." LMAO!!!

Longlegs was not the devil. He was a friend of “the man down stairs” which he says multiple times.

She was given the “intuition” because the first letter she received from long legs said tell them what we put in your head referring to her psychic abilities not being her own.

It wasn't a pentagram, it was an INVERTED TRIANGLE 🔻

Before I watch your review, I just want to say. I'm glad anything original is being attempted. And I had a lot of fun seeing this in theaters with a full audience. It felt more like a well-crafted short story than a film, but it was not a waste of time. The nuance may be this film's saving grace.

He's not the devil, he works for him.....thus him yelling out hail satan.

Nick Cage looks like 1999 Marilyn Manson.

It was explained that harker was also controlled with her own doll and longlegs was telling her what to see and what not. That explains her intuition

The cinematography was amazing. I LOVED the way the film looked. I want to watch it again just for that alone.

"He also directed my life story" 🤣 the pause 🤣

Wait, I didn't thing Cage was the devil. I thought he was just a devil worshipping killer. They showed the figure with horns. 🤷‍♀️

I liked that the end credits were played in reverse almost as if they were going down into Hell

You two are seriously refreshing to watch. You seem so genuine. In a genre of RU-vid that is so over saturated (like everything else) you guys stand out. Idk chill demeanor and seem like you actually understand the films you watch, I love it!

Favorite moment was Nic Cage singing that crazy song outside her house in a later flashback

“He’s on a spectrum that satisfies…” 😂 Best description of a Nick Cage character. Ever!

I love odd Nick Cage anything, he just seems to be having so much fun parodying himself these days.

"copycat" is an underrated classic 90's thriller!

I went into the theater feeling so terrified because I saw the trailer where they showed Maika Monroe's heart rate going to 170 bpm after she saw Nic Cage's face for the first time. And his face had a bar over it in the trailer. I was expecting to see something so horrifying and it was just the same face we saw through the entire movie. Honestly I thought he was wearing a mask the entire time and something horrible was underneath. The marketing for this movie was way over hyped. It wasn't a bad movie. Just not what I had anticipated.

Some of the marketing for this movie was genius! Putting black billboards up with nothing but a red phone number across it was definitely an interesting choice. Of course I called the damn number & was greeted by some creepy ass man whispering & heavy breathing! So freaky!!

i love that we got the classic nick cage scream

I think I found the best movie reviewer’s on RU-vid. Even with the spoilers I still want to see this film.

Loooooooong legs 🗣️, that opening killed me 🤣🤣

You guys are really great movies critics. You guys are educated, entertaining, truthful, and funny. You guys are like a modern day Siskel and Ebert. Love it.

Awesome review! I don't think that LongLegs/Cobble was the actual Devil, but "A friend of a friend" to Mr. Downstairs - which is what he called the Devil. I do think that he was some sort of lesser demon though, and that he was sacrificing the families and making it public to honor Satan. So the families were his devout offerings, creepy as that is. And he recruited Lee's mother to further spread the corruption. But he said "Hail Satan" not because he's the devil himself, but because he was worshipping the devil. That's my take anyway, lol

The descriptions of Nic Cage's character had me cackling! :;P The problem with being overly hyperbolic, is that people will be majorly disapointed (especially horror fans, we often have smoke blown up our you know whats) when it's not true and word of mouth will kill this after the first weekend. I was already imagining all kinds of things and your rundown tells me my ideas were way too hopeful. Underplaying things is always safer to me. Anyway thanks for saving me being hugely disapointed guys! Now I can go in with much more reasonable expectations!

Joseph saying that I am the pretty thing that lives in the house is his life story😂😂😂 same my love we on the same page! In the local Nick's face when he realized that's what Joseph was talking about is priceless

Loved this review. After watching a few filmbro reviews where they spent the whole time saying "brooooo" I really appreciated your guys' objective stance.

It sounds counterintuitive that a serial killer would want to be caught, but there have been so many serial killers that have outed themselves and they’ve actually gotten caught because of their desire to take credit for their murders. It’s actually not uncommon. I’m thinking specifically of Btk zodiac killer, Ed Kemper confessed etc….

The antici....pation is killing me. I already have my tickets & ready to go.

I think this may be one of your biggest videos yet, guys. Counting down the minutes… 🎬🎬🎬

Just got out of the theater, and I really enjoyed it a lot! I didn't find it that scary, but as horror is my favorite, not much does. I agree with the exposition dump and we didn't need it! It seemed obvious!

Did you know that the director, Oz Perkins, played that dorky guy David in Legally Blonde? The one that was like "The last 18 months I've been deworming orphans in Somalia" when they were sitting in a circle on the lawn. Just thought that was a fun fact!

Yay! Finally!! ❤❤❤been waiting for y’all’s take on this one 😊thanks for all y’all do!

How Lee knew how to arrange the pentagon and her intuitions finding the house at the beginning is because she was under the trance of her doll.....it allowed her to know things that LongLegs wanted her to know

Also why did Longlegs pick Lee's house if every other family had a dad and mom but Lee just had a mom?

Fantastic review! Agreed with so many of your guys points on the underwhelming feel of the movie. Keep up the good work!

“A little chihuahua shaking all the time,” is accurate 🤣 I paid more attention to the weird, anxious way she pouted her upper lip the entire time than anything else.

I am a new viewer but I have to say I love your movie reviews! You both get straight to the point and explain everything so well. I loved The Blackcoats Daughter didn't know it was the same director.

Introducing fantasy to explain everything was such a huge cop out. This movie was a major missed opportunity.

It’s the opening for me, Nick kills it🥰

1:00 I agree very much so with the hyperbolic and often exaggerated reviews of horror films these days just to market them to audiences. It just sets up unrealistic expectations. This is not the "scariest film of the decade" but it was promising and interesting! 1:52 Osgood Perkins was also in Legally Blonde (my favorite fun fact about him ever) haha Overall, great review once again from you two :) I'm a big fan of Maika Monroe since Watcher (2022) so I was excited for Longlegs; Maika did not disappoint. As for the film, the tension was good but the overall story left some unanswered questions.

Oh my god! I’m seeing this tomorrow night! Please be good 🙏🏻 💃🏻

I like Oz Perkins films, so I'll probably like this. But the ads put me off with "a modern Silence of the Lambs!!!" NO. Obviously, it's not like SotL, and that's going to disappoint many people. Stop doing that, studios!

Man,I can’t wait to see this. I have loved Nic Cage since a young teen, enjoy most of his movies.Thanks lads as always, love watching your reviews 😊

The mom sacrificing herself to save her daughter reminds me of deborah logan🤔

I enjoyed this film well enough, but I couldn’t connect with the FBI agents. They didn’t feel very human or real in how they went about responding to threats or expressing empathy for the main character. I understand why they were written that way, but I’m like damn can’t she call for back up, can’t her coworkers console her, etc.

Yall are doing the lords work.

Glad that you guys watched this. As soon as I watched it I had to see if it was me or this movie tripping. The movie was decent at the beginning but as soon as she was placed into a mind testing room.. I was like,, WHAT... To my knowledge, the only one that would have known about her psychic abilities would have been the partner that was killed in front of her.... So how would she need an evaluation on something that no one would have known about....

The atmosphere was tense and creepy. Nick Cage character will stick with you. Took my 24 yr old daughter and she really liked it. But we still had questions afterwards. She just texted me saying “ Why was there not a doll at the crime site?” Good movie, good trailer, but yes stop with the overhype. I was expecting it to be like the series Mindhunter not a horror flick Great channel guys 👍👍

With all the B.S. Longlegs reviews that came out. I'm glad your guys is actual b.s. (the best stuff). No other reviews went into this much detail. You 2 really absorbed this film, and your analysis is outstanding.

I saw Nick’s Letterboxd score of 3.5/5 which gives me hope because his 3.5s are usually my 4.5s lol

❤ your reviews and you’re always the first reviews I watch after a film. Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought of Baby Jane! If Baby Jane Hudson had a baby with the devil, he/she would look like Longlegs. Instead of singing Get It On (Bang a Gong), he would be singing “I’ve written a letter to daddy His address is Hell below” in his Baby Jane costume and doll nearby.

Cannot wait for this one!!! The trailers were so creepy and cryptic. I cant tell your opinions from the thumbnail😂

Nick's comparison between this movie and Lost Highway was on point! I got the same weirdness when I was watching Longlegs.

Seeing this tomorrow. Looking forward to it, but equally looking forward to your review✨✨✨

Harker was a prisoner in her own body because she was STILL possessed by her doll. She was like this until her mother “killed” her doll.

Thanks for the great in depth review and this is my favorite movie review channel

Im confused about when Lee's mom would have called the police and reported the intruder or mysterious guy? Because she went straight outside when Longlegs was outside and then she made a deal with him right then we are led to believe, in order to save Lee's life

I wanted to tell you guys that you make the commute to my summer job in Chino enjoyable. Also enjoy Joseph’s views on relationships

Freaking love you two, please never stop. I only watch you two when interested in an upcoming movie

Always the best and most detailed reviews. Thank you for your efforts.

Just got back from seeing Longlegs. I dug it. Definitely overhyped but I'll add it to the library once released. Felt a bit rushed. If Perkins had a full two hours he could have really dug in to the mythos. Oz is a dope director and he comes up with great stories. I think his movies would be even better if he brought in other writers. 7/10.

14:35 thats the absolute FUN and great suprise they NEVER hinted nor said what will exactly happens when he completes his decades long mission. Its just a man and his dolls with supernatural surroundings. The "no payoff" is actually what I enjoyed most

Living for the shoutout!! Even in this context!! Love you guys ❤❤❤

Imo if the pentagram is completed ,the devil will be materialised as its own entity and wreak havoc 😮

great review guys! love ur videos

It’s become a ritual for me to immediately watch your videos straight out the theater.

Thank you! I have been seeing the hype for this movie and kept thinking, 'I'm going to wait for Nick and Joseph's review.' It just didn't seem as good, from the trailors, as it was touted to be.

Yay! I'm glad y'all liked it. If it has your approval then I'm definitely going to see it tonight. You guys are the only opinion that I value when it comes to reviews. ❤❤❤thanks again

I was waiting for this review 😊

just came out of the theater. wasted such a good nic cage performance on a messy script that gets so convoluted in the third act with very little payoff.

Watching this before I decide if I want to see this at the theater today or not.

Another great review! Everyone should watch your videos, you deserve to have 100k subscribers or more!!

Just finished, I loved it! Nic Cage giving Marilyn Manson Dope Show at Shady Pines 😂

normally i like Fish Jelly Film Reviews and will check in here before bothering with a movie. I was already planning to see Long Legs having liked Black Coat's Daughter and some aspects of Gretel & Hansel. More importantly i like horror but have become tired of sequels, reboots, anything from Bloomhouse and therefore almost all that plays my nearby theater. I like Oz Perkins film sense. His deliberate slow pace and gorgeous imagery along with creepy/violent/disturbing/evil moments. So i went to see Long Legs. Even brought a friend. Now checking out the Fish Jelly review i am reminded by how much i didn't like the plot, plot twists and characters. At film's end i wondered out loud there was nothing that had me care about the people and why they did what they did. The atmosphere is fine. The camera shots, settings and....deliberate slow pacing made me feel i didn't waste my time. I read the interview with Oz in the NYT and he references the Thai art film Uncle Boonme as well as Dogtooth. So he has great influences. I think his writing for film needs help.... another turn your brain off production

Yeah that shadowy devil figure shows up several times throughout film. Blink and you'll miss lot of them. Think I counted 5 sitings

Hey there you guys! Yesterday I had the day off and went to see three movies. First I saw "Daddio" with Sean Penn and Dakota Johson. I'm surprised you guys have not reviewed it. This film was really excellent. Dakota Johson proves she can be an amazing actress. Also I watched "Thelma" with June Squibb. I purposely went to see it after your review from a few months ago. You guys were spot on about how wonderful this movie turned out to be. Last night I watched a re-release of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind." It was obviously outstanding to see in the theatre.

I think the reason why she conveniently understood the evil symbol language was cuz subconsciously in her memories she remembers being around longlegs character and maybe he taught her or showed her what the language meant while those years he was hiding in the basement. Cuz a bunch of times she's getting flashbacks randomly to being inside her mothers basement and snake stuff being all over the place. Cuz remember her memory was wiped somehow, but she still has a connection to longlegs and he knows who she is and has been following her, cuz he's been with her for a long time. Originally i thought the twist would be the main character girl was the partner of longlegs and she was a plant in the FBI. But ut turned out to be the mom which actually surprised cuz i thought it would be the main character who was behind it all cuz she somehow knew so much about the crimes but its simply that she had the guy living in her moms basement since she was kid.

You guys are some of my go-to movie reviewers. Keep it up!

I have been waiting with bated breath for this review especially because I know how Joseph loves Nick Cage let's go!!!!

I cant wait 4 this one. This one serms like my cup of tea. The marketing 4 this movie has been phenomanal. Every cpuple months there was a trailer and wpuld b just a polaroid with random words or phrases. Hooked me right away!! Great review

I felt like it was well-made and atmospheric enough that I didn’t necessarily need the dolls to make sense I was along for the ride even if we ended up was pretty campy

Love ya channel. You guys are fire. How do you see these movies so fast? Do you have a membership to the cinema

Movie was good and not what I was expecting!

Notice a lot of great and Hansel & Gretel similar cinematography. Yes, I agree when they say it's the scariest movie ever. It's a crime thriller, but it's more frightening and unsettling. I think it's worth a watch regardless.

If you just want to hear the opinion without spoilers, skip to 19:52 Even when I don't agree with their opinions on a movie, I understand how they came to their conclusions and respect it. I will even go back and watch their reviews for a movie I have already seen just because their takes are entertaining. But I wish they would bookmark so we don't always have complete spoilers unless we choose.

Thanks for the review. I think I will sit this one out until it streams and I can watch it at home 🙏🏽🍿

It wasn't ''A Scariest film of the Decade'', But it was definitely an interesting watch, I would definitely recommend it to people who are more into crime/thriller genre, because this is definitely not a horror film. It has horror elements but it wasn't a full blown horror movie from start to finish. There was some unsettling and creepy parts but I never felt truly scared. Nic Cage and Maika Monroe were both great, the actress who plays Lee's mother in the film was fantastic, she was absolutely creepy. But it definitely a type of movie that you need to see twice, it demands that. So I am definitely going to be seeing again but this time alone at home. I just came out of the screening couple of minutes ago, so the movie is very fresh in my mind but I just... I don't know, I need to sit with this movie for a bit and think how I feel about it, because there were stuff I really, really liked and then there were some other stuff that I would put under a question mark. That's why I think it necessary to see it twice. I can say that I think this film should have been either longer or a mini-series, a 1 hour 40 minute runtime is not enough to tell such a story I feel like, there is quite a lot that is left to viewer's imagination, a very ambiguous ending. I don't hate the ending but I do wish we got a conclusion, it felt like we will be getting Longlegs 2 or something... but either way, I can't decide fully on how I feel about this film, I will say I did like it more than I did not like it, but I don't want to go in the details because I am not 100% sure if even the things I did not like I truly don't like you know? But it definitely was an experience that I overall enjoyed but at the same let down by few things, I did feel like it needed to be longer at the very least and the jumpscares were weak... absolutely weak to me. But I will still recommend for anybody to go check it out for yourself, especially like I said before if you are fan of these type of movies (Silence of the Lambs, Seven or Zodiac) then this could be a good time for you. I will say this, this film is definitely also not on par with Silence of the Lambs or Seven in terms of filmmaking, storytelling and etc etc... It definitely pays homage to those films but at the same time brings an interesting unique twist to the movie which I did really like. So yeah, go check it out. I feel like this movie is going to be very divisive, some people will love it some people will like it and some will straight out hate it, it definitely a more of A24 type movie. Also, Nic Cage's performance was definitely something... I did not know how to approach his character... but eventually he did get under my skin but I can see some people straight out laugh at this character because of how ridiculous he is in this. Even I smiled couple of times because Nic Cage was having a lot of fun in this one, oh my oh my... He was chewing every scene, the interrogation scene definitely is going to be a memorable scene from the movie. Gosh, I went on a huge rant.. I need to chill, but at the moment it very hard for me to rate this, I need to wait a bit until I can truly comprehend what I just saw.

The cinematography in this had me feeling Kubrick-esque vibes. I loved the set designs. This is definitely a re-watch for me.

Saw this tonight. Agree with your assessments. Definitely felt misled by the advertising - which I saw very little of - and enjoyed it up til the last half hour or so? It just fell apart at the end, it couldn’t been simpler and stronger. Bummer.

It calls me back to Harker and Her Mothers 2nd phone call. She asks her (again) is she praying . But this time her Mother switches her Tone and says Prayer Is A Lie. Idk.. maybe that should of been THE MOMENT but it was so oft that I didnt catch it. I like that overall exchange thinking back because all the while IT WAS a major key behind the veil of LongLegs

I loved the concept behind the film. I just disliked the lack of backstory with Longlegs' character and the other elements of black magic. There was a lack of exposition in some areas and a total dump in the end, as you both pointed out. I thought Blair Underwood's character was underrated and he added great comic relief in small doses. It indeed got real wonky in the last part/act, but until that segment, it was solid. Not a bad film, just missing a few pieces that would've made it a classic. It also isn't much of a horror film. Great review as always guys.

Give a damn raise to the marketing team cuz baby...this movie was NOT it. I was so confused when it ended...

You two are spot on as always.

Idk I’ve seen no one say it but this movie felt incomplete needs a sequel bad cuz like what was the ritual over years since the 60’s supposed to accomplish with Blair’s family being the final piece?

i agree about the story leaving you wanting more but i wanted to immediately go home and shower after i left the theater 😂

I felt that Longlegs (as the devil) was quite vain and really wanted to be discovered as recruitment.