For some reason, Cobweb completely missed my radar in 2023. Not entirely surprising as it was released the same weekend as Barbie and Oppenheimer, which of course was all anyone was interested in that summer.
Cobweb doesn't waste any time setting up its premise. Young Peter (Woody Norman) lives with his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Antony Starr) a rundown house. At night, he begins to hear noises in his bedroom wall. His parents try to convince him it's just his imagination. At school, Peter is bullied by some of the other kids, and prefers to sit inside at recess with his sympathetic substitute teacher Miss Devine (Cleopatra Coleman).
The movie sucked me in right away, and I was instantly riveted. I appreciated how it gradually reveals that the parents aren't as sympathetic as you'd initially think, and just what it is in those walls isn't what you might expect. It also helps that everyone in the cast is excellent (I don't think I've ever not liked Lizzy Caplan) especially young Woody Norman, who is maybe best known now for his role in the Mike Mills movie C'mon C'mon.
But Cobweb also suffers from some bad continuity and plot holes, and an ending that doesn't live up to the rest of the film. I had really high hopes for it because of its strong start, but ultimately there's only half of a good movie in there.
Cobweb is streaming on Netflix.
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