This is the first movie I'm reviewing on here, because I think this movie deserves it. The beginning explained the movie very well so you weren't starting out with any questions. It basically laid out what the (almost) entire movie would be based around.
The psychiatrist/author is going in to interview 6 patients for a book he's writing. Prior to interviewing each patient, he speaks into a tape recorder and gives a short summary of each patient, so you know kind of what to expect when the patient walks in.
For each interview, you aren't listening to the patient tell the entire story. Instead, you hear them speak briefly at the beginning and end of the interview, but you get to see their story as it appears to them. It's like 6 little movies within the movie, which I liked. While the stories would be interesting if the patient told them, it would get boring after a while. Each story is pretty entertaining, but all of the interviews begin the same way and they pretty much end the same way which makes it rather repetitive.
The doctor has this cold demeanor about him, yet he says he wants to help the patients, but after the first couple of interviews you can see a trend in his behavior, so the conversations he has with each of the patients is predictable. The patients' stories are each unique though, so that helps with the pace of the movie. In my opinion, the cast members all play their roles well, portray the patients' personalities well, and are all pretty talented.
I can say that the end has a small "twist" in it. However, the "twist," for lack of a better term, can also be rather predictable in certain parts. Like some other reviewers have said, the end does leave a good amount of questions, which is the biggest con, but it doesn't make the movie as a whole unwatchable.
All in all, I would say that this movie is worth watching. It contains different stories and different personalities to keep it interesting and keep up the pace, but it does have many predictive or repetitive elements. It may not be one that I would watch again, but I'm not disappointed I watched it. If you're looking for something to watch in your spare time, give this one a shot.
Review of Patient Seven
