MaryAnn’s quick take… This low-budget science-fiction film has an ambition that exceeds its reach, and has nothing to surprise the self-respecting geek a movie like this one is aimed at. I’m “biast” (pro): big Sf fan; I’m desperate for movies about girls and women
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Psychologist Dr. Fonda (Richard Neil) is called in to a secret military installation to evaluate nine-year-old Ellie (Savannah Liles), who is being held with the kind of high-security measures more suited to the likes of Hannibal Lecter — including the face mask — than a little girl. Fonda is a bit of a maverick, we’re meant to believe, and he hasn’t read the file on Ellie that was provided to him because he’d rather rely on firsthand observation…...
I’m “biast” (con): nothing
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto) women’s participation in this film
(learn more about this)
Psychologist Dr. Fonda (Richard Neil) is called in to a secret military installation to evaluate nine-year-old Ellie (Savannah Liles), who is being held with the kind of high-security measures more suited to the likes of Hannibal Lecter — including the face mask — than a little girl. Fonda is a bit of a maverick, we’re meant to believe, and he hasn’t read the file on Ellie that was provided to him because he’d rather rely on firsthand observation…...
- 3/22/2018
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
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