Stop whatever you are doing and go and watch this movie right now!!
It was a saturday and there it was the unsaid pressure of ‘enjoying’ the weekend. I did have a very busy week and needed a break. I came across the trailer for this one and convinced a friend that we have to watch this movie even if it meant traveling to the other side of the city (for me)
This movie is based on a story we’re all very familiar with. A father is looking for his daughter who has been ‘taken’ from him. But I promise that except for the premise everything else in the movie is brand new.
The treatment of the movie is what makes it refreshing. The whole movie is shown through screens.
Is this a comment on how we are living our lives only through screens now? How majority of everything we experience is dominated by a virtual reality surrounding us and slowly encompassing us as well. Maybe.
Or maybe it is just the story from the point of view of the Google Robot that tracks everything we do. ( Hi Robot!)
While the treatment is clever it is the plot that made me wish I had written this story.
I forgot about my nachos during the climax of the movie. That almost never happens.
Watch this movie if you want to watch good cinema, if you want a break from life, if you want to feel something. If you are fond of Easter eggs in movies ( I love that)
Trivia- There was a movie Unfriended that also had a similar treatment. A character from the movie ‘Laura Barns’ was a trending topic in the beginning.
Dear Aneesh Chaganty , thank you for making this movie. Please let me be AD on your next one. You are a genius.
Perspective 