Look Away (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Duration: 103 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Assaf Bernstein
Stars: India Eisley, Mira Sorvino and Jason Isaacs
IMDb score:
5,8 (24.300)
Releasedate: 2 November 2018
Look Away plot
Maria is a shy and withdrawn teenage girl. At home she feels alienated from her parents and at school she is ostracized. In the end she finds a best friend in Airam, a person in her own reflection. This discovery turns out to have horrific consequences when she switches places with the evil Airam.
Actors and actresses
Maria Brennan / Airam Brennan
Dan Brennan
Amy Brennan
Lily
Mark
Sean
Naomi
Ginny - Woman at Clinic
Claudia
Waiter
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
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strong.
The film may stay a little too well-behaved in the thriller corner, but otherwise this is a nice pre-Halloween work in which the director's hand has a clear added value. Bernstein's direction ensures that the film continues to fascinate from start to finish, which is often different with thrillers.
Acting is certainly in order, not always the case with these kinds of films. The film also looks neat, although it could have been just that little bit slicker or wilder. Let's just hope that potential is fully realized in Bernstein's next film.
Story and progress are not super original, but the interpretation is quite unique. Furthermore, there is also a sharp and venomous atmosphere that keeps it fairly oppressive, even when it is clear where the film wants to go.
And a nice final shot, that always helps. recommendation.
3.5*
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sinterklaas
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- 3321 votes
That was a long time ago... That Israeli Bernstein allowed me to see his spy film Ha Hov. He also took a very long break, only to reappear 11 years later in America with a very different film. horror? No, not really... But strong and at times also under the skin.
We follow the skittish teenager Maria who goes through life as an outsider at her school and in the surrounding area...and is also the target of both the bullying at school and the contempt and indifference in the home situation. One day she makes a rather sinister discovery when she looks in the mirror and her reflection seems to have a life of her own, with the necessary dark mimicry. Eeeeeek! Or not quite?
No, where mirrors in horror films often have the intention to instill extra fear, this mirror seems to want to make the viewer think. It doesn't get any darker that way though.
The mirror image must represent Mary's alter ego and/or unborn twin sister. She listens to the name Airam. And Airam makes it very clear that she was touched by the observations she made about Maria. Maria will have to stand up for herself more often... and she takes this very literally.
How does that progress? See for yourself, but I think you can guess the answer already. Interesting in this matter is the moment when the roles between Maria and Airam seem to literally turn.
The family secrets are also revealed, and they are striking.
You could almost think of Look Away as one of those typical American thrillers... but it goes a little deeper. And I love that. The atmosphere is nice and dark, the acting is certainly well done and India Eisley does a great double role here. Also nice to see Mira Sorvino again. He is now indeed suitable for a mother role.
Good.
4.0*
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Collins
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Look Away starts as a pleasant surprise. A psychological horror that broaches themes such as bullying, loneliness and schizophrenia through its teenage protagonist. The atmosphere in the film is eerie. In one of the first scenes, in which the parents and the teased teenager Maria have breakfast together in their coldly furnished house and the parents re-examine their daughter's incompetence, that gloomy surface is already well visible. The scene is painfully unpleasant and sets a corresponding tone.
Outdoors, conditions aren't much happier. Not only does the outside world react quite distantly and hostile to Maria, but the weather conditions do not help to make the atmosphere less gloomy and melancholy. It is winter. It's cold and white outside. And besides white, gray is the predominant color. There is not a speck of airiness to be seen, both inside and out.
The film has a nice balance. The story of the lonely Mary is the story of a human tragedy and carries an undisguised, sinister atmosphere. The scenes in which Maria observes, scans and gets to know her alter ego Airam in the mirror are frightening. The dual role of India Eisley is very good and decisive for the success of this stylistic film. She convinces as a modest eccentric misfit and easily transforms into her seductive cheeky counterpart.
With the development of the alter ego, the modest Maria becomes somewhat in the background. With the arrival of Airam, the character of the film changes. We suddenly find ourselves in a revenge movie where a femme fatale holds sway. The serious theme is released. Now that the emphasis is on the revenge motive, there is more action and the film becomes more plastic and superficial. Still entertaining, but just more standard. It disappointed me.
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