The excitement I felt while watching One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) – a pivotal movie in my formative years – came flooding back while watching Unsane.
Steven Soderbergh makes compelling movies and this one is no exception. Unsane is disturbing and involving. I referred to One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, but it also reminded me of Girl, Interrupted (1999).
Claire Foy (Breathe) brings intensity and feeling to the lead role. She plays her character as a straight shooter; someone whose abruptness doesn’t always endear her to others.
As with many of the best films, there are twists you won’t see coming. The moody atmospherics in the “nut house” add to the forlorn imagery of the patients (80 percent of the movie was shot in a disused hospital). I was drawn in and held tightly throughout … and the final scene is a beauty.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Claire Foy, Juno Temple, Joshua Leonard
Release Date: 26 April 2018
Rating: MA 15+
Alex First
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