Directed by:
Gore VerbinskiScreenplay:
Justin HaytheCinematography:
Bojan BazelliComposer:
Benjamin WallfischCast:
Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Celia Imrie, Susanne Wuest, Lisa Banes, Adrian Schiller, Judith Hoersch, Johannes Krisch, Jeff Burrell, Godehard Giese (more)VOD (3)
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An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps. He soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem. When he begins to unravel its terrifying secrets, his sanity is tested, as he finds himself diagnosed with the same curious illness that keeps all the guests here longing for the cure. (20th Century Fox)
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Shutter Island 2 – under the influence. Verbinski is a painter, his artistic eye for long takes and visually arresting stylisation is very satisfying for fans of the form. For the first half at least, he also manages to expertly build tension and a sense of something slightly bizarre beyond reality and completely unpredictable. Unfortunately, the surrealism is a bit too much, and in the hands of unimaginative screenwriters is bound to end up in an out-of-place fiasco. Scorsese also had amazing character psychology and a fantastic twist, which is lacking here.
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Gore Verbinski is going back to horror, the genre that made him famous (The Ring), after spending some time with blockbusters (Pirates of the Caribbean and The Lone Ranger) and his new film is one of the biggest surprises for me this year. A Cure for Wellness has a very attractive theme set in a sanatorium in the beautiful Swiss Alps, an aspiring protagonist, Dan de Haan, who, although rather unlikeable, gave a solid performance, and intelligent dialogue, excellent camerawork – you can see that Verbinsky is more or less into unconventional camera shots, the crash with a deer is one of the best car and animal collisions ever filmed. Overall, there are very solidly directed horror scenes that will please any fan. Nothing is pretty to look at, but at the same time I got goosebumps and was fascinated. For some, the the two and a half hour running time may be a drawback, but for me it was a very entertaining affair that kept me on my toes throughout. A great mystery satisfaction that will be one of the best this year. In terms of visuals, A Cure for Wellness is perhaps one of the best made mystery horror dramas I've ever had the opportunity to see. 85%.
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Visually, this movie is an absolute and pure delicacy. The story is a little weaker, though. The problem is that the beginning gets off to a great start. I don’t mind its similarity to Shutter Island at all. On the contrary, I am extremely excited about the small Swiss village and the castle above it. It creates an absolutely perfect atmosphere, and finally, somebody wasn’t afraid to portray the Swiss as a bunch of bums you could compare to immigrants coming from the most remote street of Bucharest. It holds the great atmosphere for the full hour and a half, the actors are also trying, and it all approaches the conclusion where it will certainly climax. But here it is quite clear that it will either be very good or very bad. Well, and it became a pure phantasmagoria. However, after watching this, I had about a half-hour-long free slot to think whether it bothered me in the end or not and I finally decided that thanks to the fact that Gore Verbinski wasn’t afraid to do a mysterious thriller it deserved the fourth star. There aren’t many such films even though they are incredibly gripping. And with the visuals he conjured up? I would be dumb to go lower.
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The film builds up and escalates quite well, but after a while, you realize it's been building up for too long. Verbinski probably realized that too, hence he inserts drastic, often really gruesome scenes into the film A Cure for Wellness, which appropriately affect you. Especially those dental scenes are exceptionally well executed and extremely gruesome. And then there are the eels... Good scenes, nice atmosphere, but without really managing to captivate you as much as you might expect. I didn’t like the ending.
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Gore Verbinski on drugs? A third clone of Shutter Island, more confused than Stonehearst Asylum and bizarrely mixed with
The Abominable Dr. Phibes? I understand the intention to create a B-movie guilty pleasure with a lavish budget.
Mysteriousness and unpredictability work at least for the first half of the movie. But it all turns ridiculous in the end.
Dane DeHaan was certainly looking forward to his first big lead role, but he won’t break through with this one. Interesting
posters, an unclear target audience, all resulting in a fiasco. I want a more intimate version of this from Roman Polanski without
CGI.
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