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Excision (2012) N
A story of a disturbed high school student and her dysfunctional family. Her sister is slowly dying of Cystic Fibrosis, her mother is a control freak suffering from her own childhood traumas and her father just seems stuck on a family life turned sour.
Watching Excision is rather bipolar experience. At times it's dark comedy that never goes full steam, then it switches to drama about a kid suffering from mental disorders and it keeps switching between the two constantly. For me the comedy weakens the drama especially as the family relations are mostly done that way. With the ending being quite obvious I think that focusing more on either the drama or comedy would have build it up better.
There's something similar to Ginger Snaps with the sisters but Grace's limited screen time doesn't allow their relationship to blossom. Maybe some of Pauline's dreams could have been replaced by some quality time between the sisters (or just add some interaction between them as the film is really short). I don't think those dreams deserve that much attention anyway (I kinda felt they were there only to justify the horror tag).
Despite its flaws Excision is still an interesting take on mental issues. It's quite uneven but it never dips into bad and despite of being obvious I still liked the ending.
Recommendation: Celia is another film where a girl has difficulties in separating fiction from reality with dire consequences.
A story of a disturbed high school student and her dysfunctional family. Her sister is slowly dying of Cystic Fibrosis, her mother is a control freak suffering from her own childhood traumas and her father just seems stuck on a family life turned sour.
Watching Excision is rather bipolar experience. At times it's dark comedy that never goes full steam, then it switches to drama about a kid suffering from mental disorders and it keeps switching between the two constantly. For me the comedy weakens the drama especially as the family relations are mostly done that way. With the ending being quite obvious I think that focusing more on either the drama or comedy would have build it up better.
There's something similar to Ginger Snaps with the sisters but Grace's limited screen time doesn't allow their relationship to blossom. Maybe some of Pauline's dreams could have been replaced by some quality time between the sisters (or just add some interaction between them as the film is really short). I don't think those dreams deserve that much attention anyway (I kinda felt they were there only to justify the horror tag).
Despite its flaws Excision is still an interesting take on mental issues. It's quite uneven but it never dips into bad and despite of being obvious I still liked the ending.
Recommendation: Celia is another film where a girl has difficulties in separating fiction from reality with dire consequences.