What did I just watch??
There are some great bits but they are overshadowed by the 'not so great' bits and there are a lot more of them.
The acting is, well, okay. But the script doesn't help, there are times when you wonder if the writers thought; "oh, that pause was way too long, let's fill it with something, literally, anything"!
The fact that it all takes place in a room or two, occasionally the stairwell and at one point they almost get outside, but that is a fleeting instant so it doesn't really count, is a tribute to the actors. They keep the scenes rolling one way or another and it works.
This was 'over sold' and that harmed it. They would have been better stating this is an indie movie that explores a weird concept and circumstance. It would have got better reviews from real people if it had been promoted as it was, rather than the inferences that it was Cronenberg'esq'!
Synopsis: not a great movie, mediocre and reasonably well acted. The story is 'interesting' but not enough to justify some of the reviews. I believe giving three stars may have been a little generous but I don't feel like I wasted 90 minutes of my life, I just wish I'd have done something more productive such as wash the car!
There are some great bits but they are overshadowed by the 'not so great' bits and there are a lot more of them.
The acting is, well, okay. But the script doesn't help, there are times when you wonder if the writers thought; "oh, that pause was way too long, let's fill it with something, literally, anything"!
The fact that it all takes place in a room or two, occasionally the stairwell and at one point they almost get outside, but that is a fleeting instant so it doesn't really count, is a tribute to the actors. They keep the scenes rolling one way or another and it works.
This was 'over sold' and that harmed it. They would have been better stating this is an indie movie that explores a weird concept and circumstance. It would have got better reviews from real people if it had been promoted as it was, rather than the inferences that it was Cronenberg'esq'!
Synopsis: not a great movie, mediocre and reasonably well acted. The story is 'interesting' but not enough to justify some of the reviews. I believe giving three stars may have been a little generous but I don't feel like I wasted 90 minutes of my life, I just wish I'd have done something more productive such as wash the car!