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WHAT WE THINK:
OUR SCORE:
– (Sadly) Not good enough.
JUST A FEW WORDS:
We really wanted to like this film. The premise seemed incredibly interesting. The challenges of such a situation were a display of ambition and this is the kind of cinema we usually like. But, other than an interesting Hitchcock-esque tone, there is really too little. And the script? Is it really a strong point of the film? Again, we do understand the challenges, unfortunately we didn’t like the ways found to overcome these challenges.
PROS:
- Challenging Filmmaking.
- Political and social critique.
- Ending.
- A grade of claustrophobia – especially in the ending when there’s finally a glimpse of hope.
CONS:
- A cellphone? Ok. A reception – six feet under? Very weird. An hour and a half on the phone with the battery still alive? It definitely wasn’t a smartphone.
- 2 medium shots? from where?
- An unfortunately poor script in places: for instance, the way he figures out the language thing on the phone?
- Too good of a premise makes a higher fall.
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GENERAL INFO:
7.0
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