If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

A lot of people are slamming it for being another 'found footage' film, which I agree with; it's time to put that crap away and start shooting regular films again- this one would've been so much better without it. That being said, the acting was pretty good and the story was interesting. The special effects were good, what there were of them, and well played. I'd like to see this remade without the found footage BS in it as a regular film, but it was worth a watch and entertaining.

The Three Acts:The initial tableaux: There is a short do it yourself video of Ethan, a depressed male teen, discussing his failed suicide attempt, plus his attachment to Robin. We jump to five teens (Robin; Nia, Amelia, Chris, and Ben) starting a flashlight gaming night in the Covington Woods. The woods has a reputation as a place where teens commit suicide, and where ghosts reside. Plus, there is a scary church located within it.Delineation of conflicts: Robin has a job as a service person at an ice cream parlor. Nia and Amelia look down on employment. Robin is the newbie in the group, and the rest plan to haze her. Something in the woods does not like any of them. The plans for hazing seem to get replaced by other plans. Robin would like to live through the night and go home with her dog, but the wood seems opposed.Resolution: Elimination derby.

I'm all for "found video" type movies, but this was pretty bad. Basically 60 minutes of flashlights falling to the ground, dropping video cameras, lights flashing on trees. 15 minutes of screaming names over and over. 10 minutes of people and 5 minutes of suspense. You won't want to look away because you are afraid you may miss something good, but feel free to look away, leave the room, wash the car or plan a vacation. You won't miss anything. I stated spoiler alert due to my comment of the 'reveal' of the flashlights role in the movie. If there was character development instead of just dropping a batch of typical teenagers in the woods at night, then this may have worked. Any move that spends more than 30 min filming at night should be avoided totally, any movie that thinks attractive teenagers in the woods alone at night will draw a following, also to be avoided

It's apparent that Hollywood has run out of ideas and I've run out of patience. "Nightlight" is ANOTHER movie in the same genre as Blair Witch, Paranormal Activity (ad nauseum), and just about anything else in this same vein. It's TIRED people; stop it already.I am not even going to try and explain the premise of this movie. It is so hackneyed, repetitive, been-there-done-that, I'm not going to waste my time or yours. As is the case of most of these movies, the script (for lack of a better word) falls apart, you can guess the ending 20 minutes into the movie, there is no cohesiveness, well...why go on?The movie is rated "R" for language, violence, and overall ridiculousness. A big NO from me.