Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
A Stretch Stalker Film
Rod - wrote on 09/24/2019
A big stretch! We all know what Greta is capable of or what a psycho-stalker would do but the film just ends up feeding the audience the same. I find the shift of getting-rid-of-Greta to saving-Frances a bit unsettling, this way, the script led to a different path losing that one clear direction of the film. It could have gone deeper rather than broader, it has the mother-child layer of the story or the father issue dimension, but it chose to close it ***SPOILER ALERT*** with the best friend being the hero. Although I appreciate the attempt of the writer to make the story as visual as possible, the story development consequently hinged to unrealistic turn of events when: an investigator (hired by a very rich person) easily downed by a stalker and the party-and-yoga girl finishing the …
Rating of
2/4
The female lead actors act superbly.
ikkegoemikke - wrote on 08/28/2019
I have been in this well of loneliness, this black hole.
Maybe it drove me a little mad.
We were meant for love, Frances,
not this terrible isolation.
If you see the film “Greta” pass by on your favorite streaming platform or on some VOD network service, it’s certainly not a bad choice to fill up an hour and a half of your spare time. The film itself is certainly not groundbreaking or breathtakingly innovative. This Hitchcock-like thriller provides temporary entertainment. And the only thing you’ll remember of it is the acting. Unfortunately, an important clue is given away very early at the beginning of the film, making it extremely clear which direction it’s going to go.
Let me get straight to the point. Isabelle Huppert is simply fantastic as Greta. A …
