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Peter Dinklage stars as a loner of few words (sound familiar?), cleaning up his town after something wipes out the human race. He goes into houses, windexes counter tops, drags the bodies out, buries them, and then goes to the immaculate library where he used to work and logs everyone into files to keep some order.
When he finds out there is a 20 year old girl causing a reckless noise fest close-by - tensions mount.
Right off the bat I compared the meditative cinematography and mood to The Quiet Earth (one of my favorites of this kind), but soon enough that notion was broken apart by the introduction to a famous canadian rock band. And then again..and then again..and then...again.
That was OK after a while, but I have to admit that one scene had me cringing.
The plot twist is super weird and not well explained but the more I thought about it the more I felt that it didn't really need to be explained any more than it already was.
This is a decent little film. I'm not a huge fan of Ellie Fanning, and her expression bothers me for some reason, but I came around finally to almost warming up to her in the film.
This isn't a great film but it is a good one. I was actually surprised I liked it as much as I did even though I really wish it had been handled better. There are some silly things happening that seem kind of forced and unnecessary.
I checked some reviews and many people were disappointed with the pacing and the ending. I can sympathize considering that really the only strong element is Peter Dinklage but..there are enough little moments that it made it worthwhile for me despite its shortfalls.
So when I say "Great ending - and a great tune from a great band. But I'm not telling you who it is", what I really mean is that it worked for me but may very well not work for you at all.
I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
Director: Reed Morano
Director: Reed Morano
Peter Dinklage stars as a loner of few words (sound familiar?), cleaning up his town after something wipes out the human race. He goes into houses, windexes counter tops, drags the bodies out, buries them, and then goes to the immaculate library where he used to work and logs everyone into files to keep some order.
When he finds out there is a 20 year old girl causing a reckless noise fest close-by - tensions mount.
Right off the bat I compared the meditative cinematography and mood to The Quiet Earth (one of my favorites of this kind), but soon enough that notion was broken apart by the introduction to a famous canadian rock band. And then again..and then again..and then...again.
That was OK after a while, but I have to admit that one scene had me cringing.
The plot twist is super weird and not well explained but the more I thought about it the more I felt that it didn't really need to be explained any more than it already was.
This is a decent little film. I'm not a huge fan of Ellie Fanning, and her expression bothers me for some reason, but I came around finally to almost warming up to her in the film.
This isn't a great film but it is a good one. I was actually surprised I liked it as much as I did even though I really wish it had been handled better. There are some silly things happening that seem kind of forced and unnecessary.
I checked some reviews and many people were disappointed with the pacing and the ending. I can sympathize considering that really the only strong element is Peter Dinklage but..there are enough little moments that it made it worthwhile for me despite its shortfalls.
So when I say "Great ending - and a great tune from a great band. But I'm not telling you who it is", what I really mean is that it worked for me but may very well not work for you at all.
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