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Leafeon13N posted...

The family dynamic in Hereditary just never worked for me. Felt like no one had any chemistry and the decisions and grief never felt real enough. Nevermind the husband/father that had pretty much no characterization except in a single conflict that felt extremely forced.

Without being able to buy into the family as a unit nothing feels particularly horrifying or interesting.

I read somewhere that in one of the early drafts, the father was actually Annie's psychiatrist and it turned into something romantic. I can see why it got cut, but I like that they carried some aspects of it over and it's reflected in his personality. Plus his noncombatative personality adds even further to dysfunctional family dynamic. The conflict is only getting worse, but never does he actually do anything to approach Annie.

In regards to the overracting I think that was intentional. Peter and Annie are both repressing their guilt. So when Annie gets called out for blaming only Peter her meltdown feels genuinely realistic and ends up being one of the scariest moments in the entire movie. Or when they try channeling Charlie, Peter is again being reminded of what happened and now he has to hear his dead sisters voice coming from his mom. I'd honestly be ugly crying too.