Beanbioca
As Good As It Gets
ShangLuda
Admirable film.
Ella-May O'Brien
Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.
robdot1964
Took awhile for this to get moving, when it did, it totally surprised me. I can usually guess where a movie is leading me, not at his time. Hang in there, it's worth it
gavondo
May contain spoilers.The premise of They're Watching is an entertaining one, and the movie begins with promise. A woman buys a ramshackle house in a remote Moldovan village on an episode of "House Hunters: Global." The crew returns six months later to see what she has done to the place. These are the bones of the film. Unfortunately the film is little more than bones.The thing I hated most about They're Watching was Kate (Carrie Genzel), the angry, spiteful producer of House Hunters. She is an abysmal character. She is supposed to be a terrible character, you're not supposed to like her. But, she is mean without reason- she isn't relatable in any way. Really, all of the characters fall a bit short- underdeveloped and not believable. At one point, cameraman Greg (David Alpay) is awoken by Sarah (Mia Faith) while in the midst of a PTSD-induced nightmare. As angry Moldovans gather around the house, carrying torches and wielding axes, Greg finally opens up about his time in Afghanistan and then they have sex. Beautiful.At least we get some sort of satisfaction in seeing the playful flirting between Sarah and Greg develop into something more tangible, albeit short lived, because the film's conclusion offers no satisfaction at all. Plot deficiencies aside, of which there are not a few, the final scenes of They're Watching rely heavily on CGI and, in so doing, fall woefully short. The effects are intentionally over-the-top. They are comical, but not in a campy, good way. They are comically pathetic, trying to compensate for a total lack of substance. In that vein, throughout the film, barring perhaps only Greg's brief description of Taliban violence (which here serves as a form of foreplay), the dialogue is also devoid of substance. Instead, the script relies upon jeers and profanity directed at the native Moldovans.More reviews: medium.com/@gavondo
Claudio Carvalho
The American artist Becky Westlake (Brigid Brannagh) buys a derelict house in the countryside of the remote Moldova in the Eastern Europe to work with ceramics and to live with her boyfriend, the football player Goran Potsnik (Cristian Balint). Six months later, the American producer Kate Banks (Carrie Genzel) and her crew consisting of the cameraman Alex Torini (Kris Lemche), the audio operator Greg Abernathy (David Alpay) and newly hired assistant Sarah Ellroy (Mia Faith) arrive in Moldova. The local real estate agent Vladimir Filat (Dimitri Diatchenko) guides the group to Becky's house and they schedule the shooting. Meanwhile, Greg, Alex and Sarah do not respect the residents and they film everywhere, including a funeral, irritating the locals. On the night before the final shooting, they go to a bar to drink with the locals to make peace. However, Sarah is drunk and shouts "witch" to Kate and they need to flee to the hotel. On the next morning, they go to Becky's house and their van is completely destroyed and they are stranded in her house. Further, Vladimir was killed while seeking for help and during the night, they discover that they are under siege of the villagers. What will happen to them?"They're Watching" is another awful horror film in this dreadful and lame found footage genre. The story, screenplay and edition are also terrible, with stereotyped characters and senseless plot point. Americans are arrogant, disrespectful and stupid; locals are underdeveloped and superstitious; and the lead character is a powerful witch without any explanation. My vote is three.Title (Brazil): Not Available
kcrisenphoenix
The problem with this movie is that there was a whole lot of nothing going on. In trying to make it look real, it went on and on and on with nothing happening. Just a bunch of talking heads.By the end it does start getting a little spooky though. That's good....Some decent acting and some really, really bad acting which pulled me out of being able to enjoy the film. It is one of those movies that is supposed to be real, but it was the bad acting that kept ejecting me from being able to like the movie.And I think it must have been the directing. Because some of the actors really are good, but not in this. And a big reveal scene involving Afghanistan falls flat on its face, which was sad. It should have been better.Decent Acting: Mia Faith: Charming: I could believe she was a real person and not an actress. Brigid Brannagh: She almost convinced me she was a real person and not an actress. Dimitri Diatchenko: Funny and charming. I enjoyed him quite a bit.Truly horrible acting—Kindergarten Thanksgiving Plays have better acting: Carrie Genzel: Terrible! Stunned she was picked for this film. Kris Lemche: Truly some of the worst acting I've ever seen, except for Carrie Genzel. So bad. These two pretty much made this movie almost unwatchable.Then it finally hit me. This was a dark comedy. And when I realized that I decided this wasn't a total waste after all. If you have an hour and a half, and can sift through horrible acting, you may like this movie.
