SummaryClaire (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire’s parents recruit one of the world’s foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth (Leland Orser).
SummaryClaire (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) is under the grip of a mysterious new cult called Faults. Desperate to be reunited with their daughter, Claire’s parents recruit one of the world’s foremost experts on mind control, Ansel Roth (Leland Orser).
Stearns saddles himself with a touch more plot than he needs, and some of the film’s late-game twists are more satisfying than others, but Faults never loses sight of the one thing Ansel can’t see: Free will may come cheap, but most people still can’t afford it.
A taut, deeply engrossing psychodrama about motivation, manipulation, and control. Exceptionally great dialogue and must-see for anyone fascinated by influence. This film is like Dangerous Liaisons shot in a single motel room by Squeaky Fromme. I am automatically interested in whatever this director does from here on out.
Stearns directs with a slow-burning intensity that becomes more unsettling the deeper Ansel goes into his task, and the more it becomes apparent he doesn’t have an easy way out.
The wan drama is enlivened by bursts of black comedy, some bits more effective than others, and though it ultimately disappoints, there's promise in the understated creepiness of Riley Stearns' debut feature.
A great movie about manipulation and how it works. The acting was very good and a very interesting story.
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An auspicious debut by Riley Stearns. The dialogue, setting, camera shots. All help to form the disturbed feeling the film intends to protrude. Winstead and Leland Orser, an accomplished character actor are a brilliant duo. The themes of control and free in that what people can become when manipulated is certainly frightening. But the development is somewhat slower than I'd like, given it's an eighty nine minute film. But that's just my personal opinion. I still think it's fantastic for a debut and a fantastic indie film.
A film that starts primarily as a dark comedy turns into an intriguing drama about cult mind manipulation. The acting is all great and I thought the screenplay was solid. The end was interesting twist and for the most part I went with it. B+
What we're, won't be the same at the end of the level.
The film had more hidden facts than one gets in his casual viewing. If you were really focused, you would start to dig for some answers. The opening of the film was very smooth in a comedic sense. But that's not how the entire film going to be. When the story's purpose begins to roll, with an unexpected event the narration moves to a single location for almost the rest of the film with the limited cast. So it is where our guessing game commence.
I must agree the writing was a bit cleverer than I projected. The film characters were not so complicated, but towards the end it looked like unavoidably becomes that way. At first, it promises to be a good entertainer and then turns to be smarter with the story development, but in a low key. The film does not say anything about its timeline, but seems it was in the 70s that inspired by the real deprogramming.
I did not get the last 10-15 minutes of the film, but you know by guessing and visiting various film discussion forums on the net about what others thought about it gave more perspectives. But we still won't reach anywhere near what the writer intended to tell all of us. Compared to the opening, the end was totally a different contrast. In fact feels turned to be another genre and theme. So you would end watching it with the possibilities of like this and that. That means not all the viewers end up happy for what they just saw. Definitely it is for a certain kind of people, including for those has no intention of any expectations from the film.
6/10