Admirable film.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

It could have been great. It starts with the distorted reality of a painter, described in slow (sometimes too slow) detail, and it evokes that "old school" feel of knowing the characters and getting into their world with them. And then the movie goes sideways, loses control, hits a tree and dies.I tell you, rather than release this film they should have thrown away the last quarter and remake it into something that made sense. It is difficult for me to explain what is wrong with the film without giving away the ending, so you have two choices: watch it and be lenient or don't bother.

I was intrigued by the first part of this movie, where an interesting idea is given shape, a painter that is obviously psychically gifted which shows in his work, and in the obvious premonition flashes he gets. The characters, however, stay flat, aren't given much depth, and the attempts at establishing clear relationships between the characters in the movie fails because of it. With the introduction of suspense through the "mysterious neighbour" the plot starts to turn towards a rather negative and unfortunately also quite predictable direction. There is some mystery but it gets debunked soon, which leaves us just with the painter who is obviously losing it, and who is also obviously a complete spaz that shouldn't be left near sharp objects because he'd get someone hurt.The worst nosedive happens when he ends up with a firearm in his possession and kills his friend by accident. All logic goes out the window, and the movie turns into a series of really bad clichés where all the worst and most stupid responses from characters are shown that have been thought up in Hollywood. The killing was an accident, but even the rational wife who offers a perfectly viable course of action gets ignored, and then swayed to the absurd. At this point in time I looked at how far I was in the movie, and decided to sit out the last part of it. It didn't get any better, only worse.Please don't waste your time on this movie. It starts interesting, but turns into the worst kind of drama you can imagine.

I thought that the hideous red face on the main character's canvas looked familiar so I looked it up and, yes, it's almost line for line the famous sketch "Head studies" by Leonardo da Vinci at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest. Of course, it could be just a coincidence, but I think it's a subliminal message, something like, "Go to the museum, go to the museum, don't waste your money, don't waste your money..." Anyway, it starts out interesting, with good acting on the part of a group of interesting practically unknowns. Then it ever so slowly gets spookier and cornier in a grossly subtle and confusing fashion. They use lots of contrived false leads to nowhere in particular until the end, when it slaps you in the face and blatantly says to you, "You should have gone to the museum, you wasted your money..." I just wish I could spoil the ending for you, but for the most part, it was so boring that it's a blur.

This is an indie film doing what an indie film should do: shocks, breaks the rules, and entertains. I hadn't heard too much prior to watching other than a recommendation from a buddy, but I was impressed with the film. The production value and the talent of the actors were both great. Very interesting artistic shots and great use of wide-angle lens. The actors also were a treat: fresh talented faces. The story was well written, predictable at some points, but never uninteresting. It had a really nice pace to it building the suspense into a crisp three-act structure. I loved the art work. The art played such a substantial role throughout the film. The hallmark piece was stunning. It played along with the story really well. I was also impressed with the editing sequence during the party scenes. It was very cool. A bit out of the ordinary, but very effective. The style was quick jump cuts reminiscent of Breathless or more recently Brick. MOST IMPORTANTLY: The last 15 minutes made the movie! It went from a suspense thriller to all-out horror--Beautiful representation of complex human emotions and behaviors. It is absolutely worth checking out.