Elyse

Name: Elyse
Genre: Drama
Released: December 4, 2020
Duration: 95 min
Cast: Aaron Tucker, Anthony Apel, Anthony Hopkins, Danny Jacobs, Donat Balaj

2020

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: December 4, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Aaron Tucker, Anthony Apel, Anthony Hopkins, Danny Jacobs, Donat Balaj, Everett Kelsey, Fran Tucker, Griffin Thomas Hollander, Julieta Ortiz, Lisa Pepper, Susan Papa, Tara Arroyave

Summary: Elyse (Lisa Pepper) languidly meanders out of a cold, concrete, designer house mirroring a mausoleum, externalizing the spirit of her dead son, Cody. She returns home disoriented, unwilling to join the family dinner, misconceives the gathering as a threat to her private life, and is unwarrantedly infuriated with her egocentric mother,Elyse (Lisa Pepper) languidly meanders out of a cold, concrete, designer house mirroring a mausoleum, externalizing the spirit of her dead son, Cody. She returns home disoriented, unwilling to join the family dinner, misconceives the gathering as a threat to her private life, and is unwarrantedly infuriated with her egocentric mother, Goldie, and her devoted husband, Steven. In a psychotic blackout, Elyse commits vehicular manslaughter of her son and his nanny, Julia. Elyse isn’t the only victim; her delusional thinking, narcissism, and violence annihilate her husband. Memory and hallucination intertwine to expose a history of trauma, revealing the truth: Elyse is Catatonic and institutionalized in a State Hospital. Elyse’s recovery is reliant on the dissolution of her marriage, the restoration of the relationship with her mother, and the mutual absolution with the nanny’s daughter, Carmen. It’s the care from Dr. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) and the unconditional love from her nurse, David, that promise Elyse a new life.
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Director: Stella Arroyave

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 95 min

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Richard Roeper

Dec 4, 2020

You’ll hear the warning bells signifying a Category 5 Pretentiousness Alert right from the start of the ponderous and stiff psychological drama “Elyse,” and it’s not a false alarm. Read full review

Frank Scheck

Dec 3, 2020

The dialogue suffers from a strained, turgid quality, most resembling a daytime soap opera. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Dec 14, 2020

Inane snippets of conversation, an over-sharing reverie by a French-American (male) nurse, brittle, off-putting and stiff performances seemingly molded from single-use plastic, a story that goes nowhere and does so at an excruciating pace — Elyse is a quiet, shiny and empty catastrophe. Read full review

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