Matthew Brady's Movie Review of Devil's Backbone, The ( espinazo del diablo, El )

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Devil's Backbone, The ( espinazo del diablo, El )

Matthew Brady - wrote on 02/17/22

Guillermo del Toro is right when it came to Hollywood's portrayal of kids in movies with "children as happy, brainless creatures that spout one-liners." The same goes to the tired praise of "the accurate portrayal" of kids who swear and make crude banter, because "omg that's what kids totally do and say".

However, what I feel is missing from a lot of these movies is just how vulnerable and how unsafe it is to be a child. Where the chances of experiencing trauma and being ignored lies in certainty.

And I think del Toro captured that effectively.

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