Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Videographer Aaron (Patrick Brice) takes a job to film oddball Josef (Mark Duplass) living in a remote mountain cabin. Josef claims to be a cancer survivor and that this is a video for his unborn son. At first, Josef is simply an energetic oddball with fascinating stories. His awkwardness turns darker and darker. As Josef sleeps, Aaron takes a call coming into the house. It's Josef's sister. She warns Aaron to leave immediately.This is a two hander and let's face it, Aaron is a dud. He's mostly behind the camera but he isn't much even when he's on screen. Mark Duplass is pretty creepy but the intensity isn't there. That leaves the movie with little tension. Patrick Brice is directing and it may work better if Aaron is played by a woman. This is an indie horror with limited scares. It's a bad way to use found footage for a horror movie. By extending the timeline, this becomes a low intensity stalker movie rather than a scary horror. Even the big climatic scene has its own problem. Josef's shadow goes over Aaron who must be able to see him coming.

Amazing and engaging acting job that keeps you glued to the screen and the characters

My quick rating - 4,7/10. I don't know. A movie that has the "good" and the "bad" reaching so far extremes makes rating ti difficult. First off, handicam movies are not a novelty anymore, and I am sick of MOST of them. Yes there are some good ones, "Chronicle" reached the plateau, but most of them think it is still something new. Bad news it is not. At least the story of this movie warranted it being used, though which is a lot more than I can say for "Phoenix Forgotten" Ok, I should stick with this movie. The acting is above average for sure. Mark Duplass does a great job of making the dialogue and facial expressions creepy, yet so believable. His character is almost unnerving in how it seems like the everyday guy you see at the grocery store. Also Patrick Brice as the one who answers the ad for a single day job of videotaping this guy for a $1000 bucks does a really good job with adapting to the strangeness of what is going on. Oh, and since those two also wrote this, I am sure it kind of flowed for them as to what they were thinking as they wrote the story. Get used to those two, they are the only characters in the movie (minus a female voice on the phone). Yet they carried out the story well. The bad news is, there wasn't much to the story and if you read other reviews, don't expect some smack in the face ending. I'd say check it out for the acting but don't expect much beyond that.

Ok so this movie in my opinion is a really good movie. (note i didn't say "scary movie") Now the reason i'm reviewing is because there were a lot of really good reviews and a lot of really negative reviews. So i'm here to hopefully show you both sides without giving any spoilers. I'll start with the bad: If you don't like handheld camera movies then you wont like this movie because that is how the whole movie is filmed. If you don't like feeling uncomfortable or awkward then you wont like this movie. But honestly i don't like those things either but i loved this movie.If you are looking for a movie with twists at the end then this isn't your movie. If you are looking for a movie with demons, paranormal activity, ghosts, monsters, werewolves, vampires etc... then this is not your movie. This is just about a creepy guy. It is a straight forward movie that is supposed to make you feel uncomfortable. So the bad reviews I can tell are very very picky people when it comes to scary movies but as i said before don't go into this thinking of it as a scary movie. Think of it as a movie where if you were in that position you would be creeped out. Hence the title of the movie and first person point of view. I read a few reviews that complain that the first scene is too much of a close up on the guys face as he talks to the camera but i think what they are forgetting is that this is a movie about a guy using a handheld camera and i think the director wanted it to look more amateur than professional...obviously. So remember - this is meant to look amateurSome other reviews were upset that the main character had many opportunities to leave when it was getting too creepy but didn't. I actually laughed out loud at that only because isn't every person in horror movies usually an idiot? I mean what character has common sense in scary movies??? Ok so the good: We normally watch scary movies because of suspense, jumpy scenes, twists, monsters and the thrill right? Well since this isn't a scary movie you get something a little different. I would say the reason i liked this movie is because it made me uncomfortable. I kept putting myself in the main characters shoes on what i would do or how i would handle these weird creepy things that goes on and it made it fun to watch at the same time of being so weirded out.When I say creepy by the way, i don't mean a cemetery at midnight or spiders. I mean creepy in Human form. We all know people can just be plain creepy. So picture a person you've crossed paths with before that has creeped you the eff out. Whether it was a stranger or someone you just got a really weird vibe from. Well that is this movie except the main character hangs out just a little bit longer than any of us normal people would and well i guess you'll see how much creepier they can get. I think this movie is super original. I was like all the people writing the negative reviews. I turned it on because i wanted to watch a jumpy horror movie. even though this wasn't the scariest movie ever - there still are jumpy parts, there is still the element of not knowing what is going to happen next, there definitely is a creep factor and the uncomfortable feeling you get while watching it. If you do decide to watch it - remember to watch it knowing it is meant to be amateur style filmed, not a horror movie, no twists, but is creepy, uncomfortable and original and i really think you will enjoy it!