tesswilliams-15172 Review of All Creatures Here Below

All Creatures Here Below (2018)

Shocked at how good the movie actually was. Spoiler alert!!!

[8/10 · 5 March 2023]

I was browsing through movies on Tubi and came across this film. I decided to give it a chance and I was pleasantly surprised. All Creatures Here Below is a very gritty, raw, depressing look at how poverty, inbreeding, mental health issues, limited education and long term physical and mental child abuse can all but ruin any chance of leading a normal productive life. The two main characters were damaged from the very start of the movie. Everytime one of them made a decision it was wrong and illegal. But after Rudy kidnapped the baby and begged and pleaded Gensen to keep the baby. Plus she had been wanting to get pregnant for sometime and he said no which now I know is because their brother and sister . Even with her being mentally slow I never thought she'd kill that baby and they want to act like it was because she was alone at the motel and when housekeeping was knocking on the room door she flips out thinking its the cops and to keep the baby quiet because she was crying she deliberately smothered the baby. I feel like she knew her actions was going to lead to killing that baby and even tho her brother Gensen said he believed her and would tell the police he did it deep down he knew she killed that baby out of fear and frustration. Thats why when they stopped at their favorite place to play as kids a field down from their childhood home. While walking out I'm assuming to bury the baby because Gensen is carry a shovel. When they stop walking and she has her back to him he decides to kill her because for one he was angry at her for killing the baby and two he did still love her and he knew she couldn't take being in prison for the rest of her life so he gave her a easy way out in his eyes. But everyone has their own opinion. I suggest you watch it for yourself and form your own opinion it's definitely worth watching.