I'm not sure how this script ever got green-lit into a movie, got funding, etc - it is so bad and wholly unbelievable.
It starts with a therapist, Dr. Mathis, who is supposedly an expert at trauma therapy. Your first clue at unbelievability comes a few minutes in, where she supposedly does her in-between patient work, calling patients to reschedule and calling in scripts - at 11:00 at night. I'd be pissed if my therapist called me after 5:00; that would be a major red flag!
Dr. Mathis has zero concept of boundaries. She continues to see the disfigured patient, even after he does the obviously boundary-crossing behavior like showing up to her house unannounced, BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE! Like when he OD's and calls her - every therapist in the book calls 911, but not this one! She can handle it herself! She actually goes to a patient's home to treat him, because she somehow knows what pills and how many he took?? It's insane. Dr. Mathis is also getting terrorized throughout this, and she's so smart that she leaves doors unlocked or even wide open when she suspects an intruder, and manages to purchase the WORST security system on the market (did I mention that she treats patients in her home? Because of course she does) One scene she hears an intruder outside and goes outside to check it out, not taking a weapon. When she sees things are okay, she returns into the house...without closing the front door. Honestly you don't care if someone this stupid gets murdered, because she is asking for it. How did this woman make it through grad school?!?
The pacing is slow (how could this ever be considered a thriller?) and the camera angles and editing are just bizarre. Someone else said this has "first year film school student" written all over it and I couldn't agree more.
I'm not even going to touch that ending - to any viewer that was still hanging on by then, the director slaps you with the most absurd, unbelievable, completely stupid ending that was probably dreamed up by a 5th grader. It's just that bad. At this point, I consider it a comedy. I'm sorry to the probably professional actors who participated in this albatross.
Don't waste your time. And if you're a therapist, definitely don't watch because it's a total insult to your profession.
It starts with a therapist, Dr. Mathis, who is supposedly an expert at trauma therapy. Your first clue at unbelievability comes a few minutes in, where she supposedly does her in-between patient work, calling patients to reschedule and calling in scripts - at 11:00 at night. I'd be pissed if my therapist called me after 5:00; that would be a major red flag!
Dr. Mathis has zero concept of boundaries. She continues to see the disfigured patient, even after he does the obviously boundary-crossing behavior like showing up to her house unannounced, BREAKING INTO HER HOUSE! Like when he OD's and calls her - every therapist in the book calls 911, but not this one! She can handle it herself! She actually goes to a patient's home to treat him, because she somehow knows what pills and how many he took?? It's insane. Dr. Mathis is also getting terrorized throughout this, and she's so smart that she leaves doors unlocked or even wide open when she suspects an intruder, and manages to purchase the WORST security system on the market (did I mention that she treats patients in her home? Because of course she does) One scene she hears an intruder outside and goes outside to check it out, not taking a weapon. When she sees things are okay, she returns into the house...without closing the front door. Honestly you don't care if someone this stupid gets murdered, because she is asking for it. How did this woman make it through grad school?!?
The pacing is slow (how could this ever be considered a thriller?) and the camera angles and editing are just bizarre. Someone else said this has "first year film school student" written all over it and I couldn't agree more.
I'm not even going to touch that ending - to any viewer that was still hanging on by then, the director slaps you with the most absurd, unbelievable, completely stupid ending that was probably dreamed up by a 5th grader. It's just that bad. At this point, I consider it a comedy. I'm sorry to the probably professional actors who participated in this albatross.
Don't waste your time. And if you're a therapist, definitely don't watch because it's a total insult to your profession.