A good film, at least it would be for a few people, particularly those who like small scale suspense-thriller. So he had to deal with it all by himself and how the tale ends come with a little twist. Knowing what's going on, he could not convince others about it. It's about a teenager in a small town who keep witnesses strange disappearance of people. Because of being a non-Hollywood film, the concept had worked for me. It's going to be just a cult-film, not cult-classic. It has been weeks that I saw this film, but only now I'm reviewing it, yet it still feels like I saw it yesterday, despite I've seen dozens of films in between. Kind of like a B movie, but much better production quality. An Irish- British psychological-thriller. Based on the first book in the trilogy of the same name. That was the best part of this film with a kind of dark comedy atmosphere. I had some doubt, but my guesses were wrong on the basis of genre. Totally unexpected, the character played by Christopher Lloyd. But it was very different, especially at each stage when development takes a new facet. The title sounds like it is a crime-thriller, that's what I was anticipating. I had some Knowing everything, but can't do anything about it. Knowing everything, but can't do anything about it. The William Blake poem was really good too 'Did he who made the lamb make thee?' … Expand I really like Max Records, it's strange he has not done a movie since this 4 years ago. I like the sleepy winter town setting, and that he has friends explicitly to be more normal. Really, since most people are dominated by unconscious instincts, they are not really people so he's not looking wrong. I also like that he knows sociopaths don't see people as people (sociopaths are gossips, they cause trouble through gossip), the thing is that narcissists, psychopaths and histrionics see things the same way, so technically there are more people like him than not. I really like that he makes a point to compliment someone every time he starts fantasizing about killing them, the only problem with that is complimenting people feeds their narcissism. Everyone assumes themselves to be perfect and any inspection of any sort implies an imperfection and must be attacked. He seems to be logical, dispassionate and curious. Our society seems intent on crucifying the individual, any deviation from the norm is taken to be a serial killer. I think just asking these questions in itself is enough to alienate someone. The protagonist here seeks to understand his nature and the role will plays in relation to it. Our society seems intent on crucifying the individual, any I like a movie where someone questions themselves. I like a movie where someone questions themselves.
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