Sweeping aerial camera views? Check. Eerie music? Check. Lulling the viewer into a false sense of security that this will be a good hour and a half spent? Check. Then, sadly, follows a predictable " twist" to the storyline and an abrupt and deeply unsatisfactory ending. I hate falling back on old chestnuts myself, but I'm feeling compelled to release the much loved catchphrase on this website- the good reviews are obviously coming from friends and family members of the filmmakers.
I'm a huge fan of indie films and I don't think that a big Hollywood budget is necessarily required to make an unsettling and thought provoking film. There's no doubt that the cinematography is beautiful and that the script writer had great expectations. Unfortunately, the tone is lost. Ambiguous endings are all the rage these days and in some cases, appropriate. Not here. It's as though everyone got sick of this trash and decided to wrap it up as quickly as possible. Can't blame em.
Review of The Voices
