The family in Hatching is probably faking it because their life looks amazing online. Through the eyes of Tinja, we see the reality of living with a mother who films everything.
The first scene of Hatching shows something unseemly hidden behind that lovely life. After a family photo shoot, a crow burst into their pastel wonderworld of a living room, smashing wine glasses and the chandelier, and generally introducing havoc into a space that has been precisely designed to serve as a social-media backdrop rather than a real place to live. Tinja gives the bird to her mother, who has a pink, ruffled, and flower crowns aesthetic.
Tinja's social life is limited to gymnastics because her mother won't let her hang out with any of the other girls. Tinja's relationship with her mother is off on multiple levels, the first being her mother's approach to gymnastics training.
The thing that makes Hatching a horror film is that it plays nicely on a Black Swan double bill. Tinja followed the agonized screeches of the crow to the forest behind their home and found a lonely egg in the nest. Hatching only takes 20 minutes to do what it promises, as the egg grows alarmingly large at an alarming rate. We get about an hour to see all the damage the new life can do.
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