Directed by:
Alexandre AjaScreenplay:
Max MinghellaCinematography:
Maxime AlexandreComposer:
Patrick WatsonCast:
Jamie Dornan, Aiden Longworth, Sarah Gadon, Aaron Paul, Michael Adamthwaite, Barbara Hershey, Molly Parker, Beckham Skodje, Oliver Platt, Terry Chen (more)VOD (1)
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After surviving eight near-death accidents throughout his unlucky life, Louis Drax (Aiden Longworth) plunges off a steep cliff on his ninth birthday. While police investigate the cause of Louis' near-fatal fall and the whereabouts of his violent father Peter (Aaron Paul), acclaimed neurologist Dr. Allan Pascal (Jamie Dornan) uses unorthodox techniques to try to tap into the boy's unconscious mind and reveal the truth about the events that led to his condition. But as he's drawn deeper and deeper into the mystery of Louis' seeming ability to cheat death, the doctor finds himself falling for Louis' mother, Natalie (Sarah Gadon). As new clues emerge in the case, a shocking revelation changes the fates of Louis Drax and everyone around him. (official distributor synopsis)
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Well, I was pretty lost here. Alexandre Aja is actually a relatively solid director, and here he took on a story that at first appears to be unbelievably mysterious but after the first twenty minutes, the Earth will spin as if you drank half a liter of vodka. Here it actually looks as if the screenwriter, in protest, put hashish drops under his fingernails, because a movie that acts as if it could wipe the floor with Forest Gump storytelling-wise has such a mess in its head that it will make your eyes roll multiple times during the movie. But I persevered until the end. I was wondering how the mishmash will actually end, which was the only thing keeping me afloat. In the end, however, it didn’t end that badly. However, it didn’t improve my impression of the film. A movie that tries to appear to be of high-quality cinematography-wise, but the story will make you shake your head in bewilderment every five minutes.
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A somewhat gritty "fairy tale," but I can't say it didn't entertain me. Moreover, with a little good will, I could find a logical explanation for the whole story. Considering the well-chosen cast (including Jamie Dornan, who I am starting to like more and more) and the fact that I was genuinely curious about how the creators would navigate through that mess, I have no reason to give it a low rating. (70%)
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It’s very annoying that French horror specialist Alex Aja, whose films ten years ago would get us excited like a horny mountain goat, has now resorted to making stuff that gets totally forgotten between its cinema première and its release in BluRay. Louise Drax didn’t appeal to me at all and the film is very bland. And when Aja tries to do something interesting, the results are worse than when he had that all-American family butchered by the inbred hillbilly cannibals. The biggest cock-up, though, is that the outcome is clear already by the thirtieth minute, but the script presents it as a surprising twist by the hundredth minute.
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Alexandre Aja is too good a director to make a complete nonsense film. Technically, his films are excellently executed, but I can't help feeling that here, the blending of genres was somewhat overdone. It's as if he wanted to emulate the films of Guillermo del Toro but didn't have his playfulness. The game with characters, however, can still surprise, thanks to the choice of actors.
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I liked Alexandre Aja more in a more lively way a decade ago, when he served us The Hills Have Eyes and High Tension, but lately he seems to have softened. While he serves up imaginative genre pieces, I find the central idea intriguing and it would certainly be more interesting if the boy wasn't lying in a coma for the entire film. Jamie Dornan is good. It was watchable. 60%
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