After a slow star the film picked up, a nice twist for the film ending and the cast blended well together.

This movie has a great cast and a great script. I didn't see any glaring technical flaws in the first run through watching it. It was really slow to start, so slow I nearly turned it off. If you can get past the first 25 minutes of build up, the rest of the movie is well worth it.

"The Ones Below" is a decent enough little chamber piece on the perils of parenting, particularly if you suspect the neighbors downstairs covet your new-born baby. It marks the directorial debut of writer David Farr, (he wrote "The Night Manager" for television), and it's nicely done but in the end it's just too unpleasant to be entertaining. Basically a four-hander and well played by Clemence Poesy as the new mother convinced her neighbors are up to no good and by David Morrissey and Laura Birn as the neighbors, (personally I would have moved out five minutes after they moved in). It's let down only by Stephen Campbell Moore as Poesy's partner. Considering his outing in a similar role in the nasty little horror picture "The Children" some years back I would suggest Mr Campbell Moore get the snip sooner rather than later.

It is a below average thriller if you consider the theme. I mean most of those TV movies of the 90's covered this topic, or at least a similar one.A pretty modern take on a "classic" topic, with good acting, pretty good script and some nice camera-work and composition.Not bad for a debut film, it keeps you guessing throughout, makes you think what twist will it be in the end.As far as character development is concerned i think the director did a pretty good job in delivering close to 3 dimensional characters that you might care for.