Weekly film analysis-The Strange Ones

The Strange Ones is a movie that was released in January 2018. It was directed by Christopher Radcliffe and Lauren Wolkstein. The movie doesn't have a clear genre but it is best described as a drama or a thriller. The themes in the movie include suspense, abduction and it is generally a messed up film. The movie was a typical critic's pick movie and had a lot of realism to it. At the same time, a lot of the film was very hard to tell between what was real and what could have been some kind of hallucination. Generally, the plot was very strong and brave in terms of the fact that not many other films would have been brave enough to explore the themes that this film does. Although there was not a clear message in the film, it definitely aims to trigger the emotional side of the audience and make them think.

The acting from the two protagonist characters, Alex Pettyfer(Nick) and James Freedson-Jackson(Sam) were very good. They perfectly nailed the type of character that they needed to play and you could almost feel their agony at times. The minor characters were vey good too and the fact that there weren't many minor characters meant that you could really focus on what it was like to be isolated and alone as Sam. The direction of the movie was totally unclear throughout the whole movie which was very good as it was unpredictable. Even after watching the movie, it is still unclear with a lot of what happened and it leaves the viewer to make their own judgements on what happened.

There weren't many special effects or even flashy editing in the movie. In general though, a lot of scenes looked beautiful as it was mainly set in nature-filled areas like forests and nice places to look at. The pace of the movie was slow throughout the whole thing which made it more real and more suspenseful. Generally, the movie was very good and has faced a lot of positive reviews from critics afterwards.

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