The Wasting

The description for this film was that it was about a girl fighting her parents strict rules and refusal to let her grow up by not eating. While doing this, a ghost appears and it could be real or brought about by her refusal to eat.

This was disappointing. It just barely held true to its description. I didn't think that the acting was horrible but it was lacking to be convincing. The story was sorta lame and if you paid attention, it wasn't hard to see where the film was heading. The description made out that the key to the plot was that she was refusing to eat but it wasn't really emphasised and it seemed that it was hardly even worth mentioning. There wasn't much of a "ghost" to speak of either.

I don't know. I watch a lot of horror/thrillers and I know it is easy to become jaded after having seen so many films get played out over and over again with only the people, places and situations changing. I have to say that this is one of those films that I feel was a waste of time. Maybe if you never watch horror this might be somewhat scary but for me, nope. It just didn't deliver.

The reviewer who gave this 10/10 mugs to work the the filmmaker !

Odd story line..keeps you guessing. I watched it for Alexz Johnson. And she KILLED it. Her acting chops have gotten so good. Love her character too. And a ton of her original music appears which is awesome.

The idea sounded very interesting and creative, so there was enough to make one want to see it. The cover looked quite eerie. So saw 'The Wasting' with genuine interest and wanting to at least sort of like it even if it had many problems.

Seeing it, well 'The Wasting' certainly did have many problems and it is pretty much exactly the same feelings had when watching a few other films recently, except this had better acting. The bad news was that there was not an awful lot good, let alone great, about it, so it was difficult for me to sort of like it, the little that's good being far overshadowed by the bad. Having prepared myself to do that, that was disappointing. Not a terrible film or without redeeming qualities, and there is far worse out there of the genre and overall. Liked the concept for 'The Wasting', the execution was just wanting.

'The Wasting' at least didn't insult my intelligence. It at least didn't make me angry watching it. Despite giving it a relatively low score and negative review, it even didn't make me regret watching it altogether.

It started off quite promisingly in an unsettling sort of way and the film didn't look too bad considering the type of film it was, not high art which wasn't expected but not amateurish as was feared.

Setting was quite spooky at times as was the lighting and while the acting was not the greatest the actors came over as committed.

Unfortunately, 'The Wasting' did lack tension and suspense and the infrequent creepiness was never that eerie and rather obvious. The script is stilted and very repetitive while the direction tends to be static and pedestrian

Was let down by the story. Conceptually interesting and wasn't too bad starting, at least too there actually was one, but the dull pace, due to some very uneventful stretches in particularly the middle, and the muddled way it was structured, meaning things didn't make sense, cheapened things. The characters are flimsily developed and bland even though the actors do their best. It can feel vague and while nothing is intelligence insulting there is both ridiculousness and trying to take it too seriously.

Overall, lacklustre but not a complete waste of a great idea. 4/10 Bethany Cox

The Wasting was a Canadian-British production that wasn't sure whether it wanted to be a drama or a horror film. The film focuses on Sophie (Lauren McQueen), an 18-year-old girl suffering from anorexia and seems to suffer from hallucinations, but she believes she's being haunted. There was a solid core for a film and Lauren McQueen did give a strong performance as her character degrades physically and mentally. But the rest of the film suffered from weak acting from the North American characters and the horror elements didn't become evident until the final third.