Often times I check the ratings on IMDb before I watch movies. If it's lower than five, I usually skip the movie. If it's five-something, I consider if it's worth. So this movie was on the border line. However I took a shot this time because I like Milla and was interested in the concept of this movie. Now I am glad that I actually watched this movie.
I was really curious about how this movie would depict prosopagnosia. I expected that many characters' faces would be just blank or something like that. Despite my thought, this movie represents this disorder by using many actors for each character. Every time Anna (Milla) sees others faces, they look different. Once faces are out of her sight, they never look the same no matter how close the person is for Anna. It applied to even her own face. While washing her face, her face changes each time she looks at a mirror. I was very impressed by the way this movie describes prosopagnosia. It delivers the idea of how scary and uneasy living like her is to the audience.
Some reviewers write that the problem of this movie is that it is too obvious who the killer is from the very beginning, but I don't think that's a problem because this movie doesn't attempt to keep it mysterious till the climax. The interesting part of this movie is Anna has no idea who the killer is although the audience knows who. The vulnerability which face blindness brings makes this movie thrilling. We can sense the killer is approaching Anna, but the face doesn't look like the killer's because some scenes are shown through Anna's filter. So it seems like the killer is talking to Anna but we don't really know it by looking at the scenes. It can be anyone else, maybe her boy friend or just a random guy.
If your imagination is rich enough to put yourself in her shoes, you will enjoy this movie. It may be like finding a specific person who tries to kill you during masquerade. It sounds nearly impossible, doesn't it?
7.5/10
I was really curious about how this movie would depict prosopagnosia. I expected that many characters' faces would be just blank or something like that. Despite my thought, this movie represents this disorder by using many actors for each character. Every time Anna (Milla) sees others faces, they look different. Once faces are out of her sight, they never look the same no matter how close the person is for Anna. It applied to even her own face. While washing her face, her face changes each time she looks at a mirror. I was very impressed by the way this movie describes prosopagnosia. It delivers the idea of how scary and uneasy living like her is to the audience.
Some reviewers write that the problem of this movie is that it is too obvious who the killer is from the very beginning, but I don't think that's a problem because this movie doesn't attempt to keep it mysterious till the climax. The interesting part of this movie is Anna has no idea who the killer is although the audience knows who. The vulnerability which face blindness brings makes this movie thrilling. We can sense the killer is approaching Anna, but the face doesn't look like the killer's because some scenes are shown through Anna's filter. So it seems like the killer is talking to Anna but we don't really know it by looking at the scenes. It can be anyone else, maybe her boy friend or just a random guy.
If your imagination is rich enough to put yourself in her shoes, you will enjoy this movie. It may be like finding a specific person who tries to kill you during masquerade. It sounds nearly impossible, doesn't it?
7.5/10