The ending didn't quite sit with me. Marvin does not just have abandoned-child issues, he is a psychopath. And Abigail is personality disorder... but then again, so is Neve. It's seems their childhood wasn't good so perhaps their father was abusive and Marvin turned out like him. At the end when Neve left with the delivery guy, Marvin and his sisters characters surely would have given chase to stop her getting help. And I'm sure her younger children would have thought she'd escaped for that reason.. They would not have formed an abandonment unity with their abusive half siblings. Alternatively, Marvin would have killed his half sibling in revenge as he resented them deeply. He had just trashed the house, threated to kill - and without conscience, caused the fathers death. .
It's Carl and Dione Abigail is a fake name she gave to Mary who knows what could have happened next Carl probably ended up killing Mary and Sebastian or something maybe the ma got cops or something we'll never know
I honestly like the idea of showing life from a “mulatto” perspective. Or even from the perspective of wanting to APPEAR mulatto just for a better survival rate. (Which is very sad.) we aren’t allowed to be white. Only black. That isn’t our faults. We have our own set of rules, that not only align with how deeper Melanated brothers and sisters must live, but how there is a WHOLE SEPARATE set of rules for us. All of us are being punished by the same people. Just in different ways. I also love the fact that to ANY black person, one could tell that she was one of African ancestry. And well, maybe even the viewer. But the yt characters just see white skin, a certain way of speaking, and an “appearance” and adjust themselves based off of your willingness to be… acceptable to them. The story isn’t original. And the acting and writing is a little questionable. But it certainly is interesting. Perhaps if you can stop comparing everything to dollars in the box office and whose name is on a credit, you might be able to just experience someone’s story. Emotional development… Hard work that is. I find the most judgmental people are the ones who lie in the shadows, avoiding the judgement they destroy others with.
Mulatto = 1590s, "one who is the offspring of a European and a black African," from Spanish or Portuguese mulato "of mixed breed," literally "young mule," from mulo "mule," from Latin mulus (fem. mula) "mule" (see mule (n.1)); possibly in reference to hybrid origin of mules (compare Greek hēmi-onos "a mule," literally "a half-ass;" as an adjective, "one of mixed race"). As an adjective from 1670s. Fem. mulatta is attested from 1620s; mulattress from 1805.
The movie is really bad! The plot was okay... then writing and the end are ridiculous and bad! Just bad at so many level. They could go deeper on the past of her children.. why killing the dad? Just because he is white? Or because he is a good man? What is the message of the movie? What was the goal of that movie? So she is just running away from her black side because being a black person is a bad? And of course the guy she is running away with, is white! Why why why? I have so many question! Please someone know let me know, i am very confused.
Yes you made some very good observations and questions that need a logical response, however no such logical response will be provided due to regrettably this being another confusing film which the (though the director "Black") Producer - a Caucasian woman tries to be "liberal" to as usual leave us more confused than before we watched the film in the first place. This film I think was created to overtly show (failed attempt to be sublime) how "superior and Privileged" Caucasians still are and how "animalistic and terrifying" so called "black" people are and still remain. Sad to say...nothing much has really changed in the psyche and paradigm of "most liberal" Caucasian people.
The dad is the only white person there. Just as Neve wanted to erase all her black persons in her life, the kids wanted to erase the white. The weight carrying scene is also symbolic. Listen back to the dialogue exchanged. The killing Is also a trauma projection of a father figure they never had. It is a brilliant movie that needs to be reflected on
@soulseek80 nic Hmmm, not too sure really, I feel there is a lot of unnecessary unpacking to do. Though I saw a lot in the metaphor and symbolism/representations in the film, I still think it was basic and as usual with these type of films leaving me feeling like there are so many different hidden agendas to leave the audience with a lot of unanswered questions that can feed into usual stereotypes about "Black" people and their "broken down" families and once again showing how if you get with a Caucasian man then that marks the ideal love and family setting, but even then one who is still "savage" will end up destroying such a "dream" get-away. Though a different film in most ways, I thought the film Farming was way better with so much context to the storyline.
I was very skeptical about The Strays (2023). However, when the scene of the charity banquet in the garden appeared, memories of uncertainty, surprise and fear came back, straight from another screening, namely the film entitled Get Out! (2017), which I loved with undying love!
@@bradwilliams3278 Bullshit! this no talent woman wasn't inspired she tried to steal his everything but wasn't talented enough to pull it off. Gulp fiction up next.
@@acorlite Well like purge movies and others these type movies are usually black ppl bring attacked. This time it’s reverse. They never really made a movie like this before. Unless you can think of one 💡
Very interesting but disturbing film! Portrayed dark skinned black people as low-down jealous wanna be gangster thugs who are jealous of light skinned creoles to the point of wanting to totally destroy their lives. Felt that the film used several serious issues to try to give some sort of justification for that (abandonment). Really, really creepy stuff. I wondered if some of the actors were actually truly playing their real characters within the film in terms of it being their own personal and private views towards skin colour and complextion in the black communities as it just seemed so REAL in how they came across!
Movie about a no for good violent woman beater father who causes his wife to flee from him and his kids whom then years later grow up to act just like the criminal father she fled from. It's a classic story of the apples don't fall far from the tree 😆.
Poor dad. He married a lunatic of a woman only to fall victim to her psychopathic children SHE abandoned. She then leaves her new kids to deal with the fallout. Really makes you think about the kind of person you settle down with & the past crimes that could come back to haunt them, but you get punished for~ great!
The ending, never havwe I seen a ending like this before and felt sofriustrated and left in the dark. I have always been a huge fan of mind benders, sci fis and realistic thrillers but the ending, omg. Worst part of the film, but at the same time it really made this film the complete opposite of a fairy tale ending. I hate that the father paid the price. But I also see why Cheryl left her last husband. However she abandoned her children (The Strays) so whats the excuse for that. And her children (The Strays) you feel sorry for until you realize they are complete psychopaths. It seems Cheryl has cracked, completely lost her marbles, now the viewer of this film is begging for Cheryl to alert the pizza boy. suddenly the Father of the house, dead. Then his children hear it and are instantly in shock. Cheryl finally heads towards the door and then.... Door closes. Worst ending in film history but whoever thought of this plot knew how crazy concept of abandonment would throw the viewers off. One of the craziest plots in a drama and truly original if you ignore the fact that this feels like a rendition of Jordan Peeles film "US". I give it a 7 out of 10 because the ending is so gut wrenching. It leaves the viewers racking there brain as to what happened next.
I don't like how it started in such a small screen format then goes into a full screen format that was odd so her real name is Cheryl Blake and she has a daughter named Dione/Abigail because you look up the movie her name is listed as Abigail but you tap on the actress name it comes up Dione so that's odd and I guess her other son Carl/ Marvin who was the janitor at the school so four kids pretty much two she had in a prior relationship and left and now Mary and Sebastian are you kidding me ??? So the mom takes off and just abandons her kids Dione and Carl for the second time in their lives and mary and Sebastian for the first ever like wow ma of the year maybe she's getting cops or something who knows but yeah I hated the ending like watch her idk start over again and all the kids end up going after that family or psycho Carl could think of a very awful game like what sibling dies first something like that or Carl and Dione can leave and let those two drown or something but imagine that happens and they get away they could later get revenge for that and killing their dad so many different endings some would be perfect for a sequel maybe
Yeah this movie was horrible! It started out good and then ended horrible. It's fine they feel some way about being abadoned but it's kinda psychotic to follow, invade and be so disrespectful to the mom and family. It actually proved she did right by abandoning them-they were acting like animals. Throw the whole movie away
Too bad I wasted my time and energy watching the movie. Does it mean that the woman ran and leave the two kids also, making them 4 kids? Will she return back home? Did she go out to call for help? I doubt it .
@@mostmost1 Don't write nonsense. There has never been a slave trade in my country (Latvia), so why should I be interested about race? Are you interested about communists regime and repression of Latvian people in USSR? How much do you know about it? Let's make all movies now about it. We'll see how you like it. How about just writing stories without making everything about "white-black".
Very disturbing movie and awful ending.. It really gave a bad impression to African kids how they act violently.. They can kill people just because they left them by there mother?! In real life no one will do that unless their mother kill someone or abandon them in unsafe place they might have that kind of mentality.. This is so wrong in many ways Idk d writer state of mind..
they should rename this when a no talent white woman tries and fails at being Jordan Peele damn be yourself I got bored and turned it off .smh Perhaps I can get a budget to do Gulp Fiction nobody will notice. .
Movie was fantastic! The people who are saying it's terrible didn't understand the ending. The mum only cared about herself!
Am I the only one who thinks that an innocent man was killed for no good reason?
That's what always happens in every movie
You’re not! I hated that they did that 😡
This movie was amazing, well made , the acting was spectacular
You’re practically one of us 🤫
The ending didn't quite sit with me. Marvin does not just have abandoned-child issues, he is a psychopath. And Abigail is personality disorder... but then again, so is Neve. It's seems their childhood wasn't good so perhaps their father was abusive and Marvin turned out like him.
At the end when Neve left with the delivery guy, Marvin and his sisters characters surely would have given chase to stop her getting help. And I'm sure her younger children would have thought she'd escaped for that reason.. They would not have formed an abandonment unity with their abusive half siblings.
Alternatively, Marvin would have killed his half sibling in revenge as he resented them deeply. He had just trashed the house, threated to kill - and without conscience, caused the fathers death. .
It's Carl and Dione Abigail is a fake name she gave to Mary who knows what could have happened next Carl probably ended up killing Mary and Sebastian or something maybe the ma got cops or something we'll never know
While you have somewhat of a point, you could have had the decency to announce "spoiler alert!" smh
Great movie
This movie was horrible. Like a low-budget Lifetime movie with a Jordan Peele trailer.
Absolutely agree with you the worst is the ending tho
@@Foure54 I know I was like well now I don't feel bad for fast-forwarding parts here and there 😄
Yes the movie is garbage
I almost threw my tv away after watching this stupid ass bullshit smh 🤦🏿♂️ ugh 😑
Thank you. I’ll know not to watch it
THIS WAS AMAZINGGGGG HILARIOUS ENDING I KNEW IT 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 HE AINT 💩🤌🏾🥴
I honestly like the idea of showing life from a “mulatto” perspective. Or even from the perspective of wanting to APPEAR mulatto just for a better survival rate. (Which is very sad.) we aren’t allowed to be white. Only black. That isn’t our faults. We have our own set of rules, that not only align with how deeper Melanated brothers and sisters must live, but how there is a WHOLE SEPARATE set of rules for us. All of us are being punished by the same people. Just in different ways. I also love the fact that to ANY black person, one could tell that she was one of African ancestry. And well, maybe even the viewer. But the yt characters just see white skin, a certain way of speaking, and an “appearance” and adjust themselves based off of your willingness to be… acceptable to them. The story isn’t original. And the acting and writing is a little questionable. But it certainly is interesting. Perhaps if you can stop comparing everything to dollars in the box office and whose name is on a credit, you might be able to just experience someone’s story. Emotional development…
Hard work that is. I find the most judgmental people are the ones who lie in the shadows, avoiding the judgement they destroy others with.
Mulatto = 1590s, "one who is the offspring of a European and a black African," from Spanish or Portuguese mulato "of mixed breed," literally "young mule," from mulo "mule," from Latin mulus (fem. mula) "mule" (see mule (n.1)); possibly in reference to hybrid origin of mules (compare Greek hēmi-onos "a mule," literally "a half-ass;" as an adjective, "one of mixed race"). As an adjective from 1670s. Fem. mulatta is attested from 1620s; mulattress from 1805.
This looks a spin-off of the movie Get-Out directed by Jordan Peel. WOW!!!!
No it doesn't
@@rustyshackleford4508 wow. I guess you are not a fan of Jordan peels work.
@@DuckYcounTryGurl3879 it definitely does he don’t know what he talkin bout
Interesting. Usually these movies are done the other way around 💡
Meaning ? help please, am curious and confused ...
I was so excited for this movie . What a big disappointment it was, the ending was even worst ! 🙄🙄👎
Can someone tell me where the mom disappeared to at the end ?? Did she leave for help or to Abandon her family again. ?!? I need answers lol
She became a full time stripper in back alleys
The movie is really bad! The plot was okay... then writing and the end are ridiculous and bad! Just bad at so many level. They could go deeper on the past of her children.. why killing the dad? Just because he is white? Or because he is a good man? What is the message of the movie? What was the goal of that movie? So she is just running away from her black side because being a black person is a bad? And of course the guy she is running away with, is white! Why why why? I have so many question! Please someone know let me know, i am very confused.
Yes you made some very good observations and questions that need a logical response, however no such logical response will be provided due to regrettably this being another confusing film which the (though the director "Black") Producer - a Caucasian woman tries to be "liberal" to as usual leave us more confused than before we watched the film in the first place. This film I think was created to overtly show (failed attempt to be sublime) how "superior and Privileged" Caucasians still are and how "animalistic and terrifying" so called "black" people are and still remain. Sad to say...nothing much has really changed in the psyche and paradigm of "most liberal" Caucasian people.
The dad is the only white person there. Just as Neve wanted to erase all her black persons in her life, the kids wanted to erase the white.
The weight carrying scene is also symbolic. Listen back to the dialogue exchanged.
The killing Is also a trauma projection of a father figure they never had. It is a brilliant movie that needs to be reflected on
@soulseek80 nic Hmmm, not too sure really, I feel there is a lot of unnecessary unpacking to do. Though I saw a lot in the metaphor and symbolism/representations in the film, I still think it was basic and as usual with these type of films leaving me feeling like there are so many different hidden agendas to leave the audience with a lot of unanswered questions that can feed into usual stereotypes about "Black" people and their "broken down" families and once again showing how if you get with a Caucasian man then that marks the ideal love and family setting, but even then one who is still "savage" will end up destroying such a "dream" get-away. Though a different film in most ways, I thought the film Farming was way better with so much context to the storyline.
I was very skeptical about The Strays (2023). However, when the scene of the charity banquet in the garden appeared, memories of uncertainty, surprise and fear came back, straight from another screening, namely the film entitled Get Out! (2017), which I loved with undying love!
it's seem like the movie US 💀
Why the skull at the end of ur comment? You follow & imitate other people ideas every single day. I can say that with confidence because we all do
@@bradwilliams3278 Bullshit! this no talent woman wasn't inspired she tried to steal his everything but wasn't talented enough to pull it off. Gulp fiction up next.
Feel like I’ve already seen this movie.
Yes. But in reverse 💡
@@acorlite Well like purge movies and others these type movies are usually black ppl bring attacked. This time it’s reverse. They never really made a movie like this before. Unless you can think of one 💡
@@acorlite It’s very clear the white ppl will be attacked 💡
@@acorlite I will wait til the last trailer to make a better assessment lol 👍🏽
If you have seen a Joran Peele movie you have seen what this HACK tried to rip off
Ermmmm... not sure what I watched but wtf
Hated that movie! Absolute waste of time! Dont't bother!
Very interesting but disturbing film! Portrayed dark skinned black people as low-down jealous wanna be gangster thugs who are jealous of light skinned creoles to the point of wanting to totally destroy their lives. Felt that the film used several serious issues to try to give some sort of justification for that (abandonment). Really, really creepy stuff. I wondered if some of the actors were actually truly playing their real characters within the film in terms of it being their own personal and private views towards skin colour and complextion in the black communities as it just seemed so REAL in how they came across!
Movie about a no for good violent woman beater father who causes his wife to flee from him and his kids whom then years later grow up to act just like the criminal father she fled from. It's a classic story of the apples don't fall far from the tree 😆.
Poor dad. He married a lunatic of a woman only to fall victim to her psychopathic children SHE abandoned. She then leaves her new kids to deal with the fallout.
Really makes you think about the kind of person you settle down with & the past crimes that could come back to haunt them, but you get punished for~ great!
Sind am e de statt 2 Kinder 4 Kinder die zurück gelassen werden.
4 months ago
Uuumm, okay. Combination of It Follows and Bad Hair🤷🏾♀️
The ending, never havwe I seen a ending like this before and felt sofriustrated and left in the dark. I have always been a huge fan of mind benders, sci fis and realistic thrillers but the ending, omg. Worst part of the film, but at the same time it really made this film the complete opposite of a fairy tale ending. I hate that the father paid the price. But I also see why Cheryl left her last husband. However she abandoned her children (The Strays) so whats the excuse for that. And her children (The Strays) you feel sorry for until you realize they are complete psychopaths. It seems Cheryl has cracked, completely lost her marbles, now the viewer of this film is begging for Cheryl to alert the pizza boy. suddenly the Father of the house, dead. Then his children hear it and are instantly in shock. Cheryl finally heads towards the door and then....
Door closes.
Worst ending in film history but whoever thought of this plot knew how crazy concept of abandonment would throw the viewers off. One of the craziest plots in a drama and truly original if you ignore the fact that this feels like a rendition of Jordan Peeles film "US". I give it a 7 out of 10 because the ending is so gut wrenching. It leaves the viewers racking there brain as to what happened next.
Sick, so, only the father died and she leave with the delivery boy?, ridiculous
I don't like how it started in such a small screen format then goes into a full screen format that was odd so her real name is Cheryl Blake and she has a daughter named Dione/Abigail because you look up the movie her name is listed as Abigail but you tap on the actress name it comes up Dione so that's odd and I guess her other son Carl/ Marvin who was the janitor at the school so four kids pretty much two she had in a prior relationship and left and now Mary and Sebastian are you kidding me ??? So the mom takes off and just abandons her kids Dione and Carl for the second time in their lives and mary and Sebastian for the first ever like wow ma of the year maybe she's getting cops or something who knows but yeah I hated the ending like watch her idk start over again and all the kids end up going after that family or psycho Carl could think of a very awful game like what sibling dies first something like that or Carl and Dione can leave and let those two drown or something but imagine that happens and they get away they could later get revenge for that and killing their dad so many different endings some would be perfect for a sequel maybe
She took her purse. She did not go to the police.
Yeah this movie was horrible! It started out good and then ended horrible. It's fine they feel some way about being abadoned but it's kinda psychotic to follow, invade and be so disrespectful to the mom and family. It actually proved she did right by abandoning them-they were acting like animals. Throw the whole movie away
Rev : Faltu story😜
Too bad I wasted my time and energy watching the movie. Does it mean that the woman ran and leave the two kids also, making them 4 kids?
Will she return back home? Did she go out to call for help? I doubt it .
ending very discard
Can’t watch black movies anymore because it’s always about race. Can’t just be a normal movie storyline
Can't agree more!
Race is normal. Unless your racist.
@@mostmost1 Don't write nonsense. There has never been a slave trade in my country (Latvia), so why should I be interested about race? Are you interested about communists regime and repression of Latvian people in USSR? How much do you know about it? Let's make all movies now about it. We'll see how you like it. How about just writing stories without making everything about "white-black".
@@mostmost1 🤦🏻♀️ ugh
@@ingelaimite1766 idiot don't say nonsense. Race is normal. You don't watch black movies. Wtf is a black movie? I don't care where your from either.
Horrible movie horrible ending
Crk/Ft : faltu story 👎
Very disturbing movie and awful ending.. It really gave a bad impression to African kids how they act violently.. They can kill people just because they left them by there mother?! In real life no one will do that unless their mother kill someone or abandon them in unsafe place they might have that kind of mentality.. This is so wrong in many ways Idk d writer state of mind..
All Netflix movies are 🗑️ to me 🤦🏾♀️🥴 cancelled it 🙋🏾bye
Such a silly film. Please don't watch
terrible movie
One of the worst movies in the history of cinema.
they should rename this when a no talent white woman tries and fails at being Jordan Peele damn be yourself I got bored and turned it off .smh Perhaps I can get a budget to do Gulp Fiction nobody will notice. .