01-03-2018, 07:21 AM
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A cure For Wellness
(Gore Verbinski - 2016)
![[Image: a-cure-for-wellness-ss1.jpg?itok=QrAORvns]](https://d2e111jq13me73.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/share_link_image_large/public/screenshots/csm-movie/a-cure-for-wellness-ss1.jpg?itok=QrAORvns)
"Fly Over a Cuckoo's Nest" mixed with the Hammer horror movies with a bit of Guillermo Del Toro flavor.
Very interesting idea well served by Dan Dehaan (who looks like a young Sam Neil here) and the always good Jason Isaacs.
It's also very well directed but fails to be the masterpiece it tries to be.
It's good, I rate it 7,5/10, but it is simply too long for what the story has to tell.
A simple idea needs a strong simple movie, not a 2h25 movie with too many scenes that could have been replaced by a single line of dialogue. There are also some lazy tricks used in the movie. Example: the hero is at the mercy of the evil guys and then... CUT, he escaped... Okay... thanks for not showing another 5 minutes scene of people running I guess... but it's a cheap editing trick.
I don't want to rant too much because it is a movie that I absolutely recommend. I had zero expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It's just a bit sad that this movie is not what it could have been.
(Gore Verbinski - 2016)
![[Image: a-cure-for-wellness-ss1.jpg?itok=QrAORvns]](https://d2e111jq13me73.cloudfront.net/sites/default/files/styles/share_link_image_large/public/screenshots/csm-movie/a-cure-for-wellness-ss1.jpg?itok=QrAORvns)
"Fly Over a Cuckoo's Nest" mixed with the Hammer horror movies with a bit of Guillermo Del Toro flavor.
Very interesting idea well served by Dan Dehaan (who looks like a young Sam Neil here) and the always good Jason Isaacs.
It's also very well directed but fails to be the masterpiece it tries to be.
It's good, I rate it 7,5/10, but it is simply too long for what the story has to tell.
A simple idea needs a strong simple movie, not a 2h25 movie with too many scenes that could have been replaced by a single line of dialogue. There are also some lazy tricks used in the movie. Example: the hero is at the mercy of the evil guys and then... CUT, he escaped... Okay... thanks for not showing another 5 minutes scene of people running I guess... but it's a cheap editing trick.
I don't want to rant too much because it is a movie that I absolutely recommend. I had zero expectations and was pleasantly surprised. It's just a bit sad that this movie is not what it could have been.
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