Don't believe the hype; well-directed and acted, but no scares
So I just watched VERONICA. All the way to the end. Didn't have to turn it off. It's subtitled, which I don't mind, if the story is exciting. Although it's well directed and acted, there's simply no compelling story here to be told, nothing we haven't seen before.
For some reason--never explained--three girls decide to ditch going on the rooftop with the rest of the school to watch an eclipse, a big event--never explained what significance the eclipse has--to have a seance with an Ouija board. Yes, one girl actually brings a large, clunky Ouija board in her backpack to school.
They girls go into a basement in the school, have their encounter. The usual happens. Candles blow out, the board breaks in two, the girls run away. After that, there are a lot of scenes of Veronica caring for her three siblings; her mother works a lot, her father is dead. Is Veronica having a breakdown over all the pressure or...is some evil spirit hanging around because the girls never said "goodbye" like you're supposed to when using an Ouija board? (Who makes up these rules by the way?)
The last fifteen minutes stumble and collapse a bit since try though they might, Veronica and her siblings can't say goodbye to the spirit since another one was invited to the house! So, is it now two spirits? And is Veronica crazy, possessed by one of the spirits or two of them? By the time it was over, it really didn't matter.
This was all addressed MUCH better in THE POSSESSION OF EMILY ROSE. VERONICA is supposedly based on the true story of Estefanía Gutiérrez Lázaro, but it plays very fast with the timeline, people involved and events that occurred. Regardless, this is NOT a scary movie--it's a well directed and acted one. It's like a Blumhouse light movie.
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