Please Don't Feed the Children is pure B-movie. The premise doesn't quite make sense. Dockery's villain is cartoonish. And the plot follows the usual sort of stumbling blocks so that it doesn't get resolved too quickly. But it works because it embraces its roots and leans into what it is in refreshing ways. It stays entertaining and satisfying right up to the end.
In her first feature film, Destry Allyn Spielberg shows she has either inherited some of her famous father's talents, or learned from him, or both. She quite deftly films this story in a tight and engaging manner, keeping the audience on the edge of their seats even when the film feels a little on the predictable side.
I don't mean to knock Dockery. Her villain may be a bit tropey but she, like the film, embraces it and commits. She becomes quite unnerving. There are a few moments that end up feeling quite unnerving, perhaps due to Spielberg's trend of turning away from gore and cleverly leaving things to our imagination. She quite effectively builds un-ease as does Dockery through her performance.
Please Don't Feed the Children is a promising start to a second generation film maker who hopefully will make her own catalogue of great films.
Please Don't Feed the Children
Starring: Michelle Dockery, Zoe Colletti, Giancarlo Esposito
Director: Destry Allyn Spielberg
Writer: Paul Bertino
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