See for Me

See For Me

In the spirit of Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn or last years Don't Breath 2 we have a thriller about a blind person and a home invasion. This movie went for a technology spin with iPhones and gizmos.

Here we have a very angry teenager recently blind and struggling with her disability. To make her so angry with just about everyone and everything and so resent any help makes her so unlikeable we have little sympathy for her. If she spoke to me like that I would walk away as I have a zero tolerance to being bullied.

The idea that you would employ a blind cat-sitter in an unknown house in the middle of nowhere is stretching credulity.

Come the bad guys it got much better, there remained plots holes the size found in Emmental cheese but for a TV movie it packed a suspenseful punch.

Overall this was a 5 outta 10, meaning it vaguely amused me while I watched it but really it sucked and I hated the female empowerment issues where every man in the movie was portrayed as evil.

Modernized rehash of better films , even so , It would be o' k ,if only the main character wasn't so annoying and unpleasant. All gimmick about blind or deaf people in life or death situations based on the incredible and scary vulnerability , when you try to put yourself in their shoes . Here , the heroine is so stubborn , dumb and rude that you feel just kind of disgust , hence this film doesn't' work...

"Hush"! I heard a better version is on Netflix. And "Don't Breathe" on...any other platform.

There. I gave you my recommendation. See "Don't Breathe" or "Hush" instead of "See for Me." But, if you feel the need for a triple feature some night, fine, you can include this. But, only because I can't think of another movie this is hyper-similar to.

Our incredibly unlikeable hero of the story is blind and somehow always manages to get around an unfamiliar house where she's cat-sitting and not be seen, for the most part, by three robber intruders. Even more unbelievable, she's holding her phone with the flashlight on while she's talking with a "See for Me" video chat service that helps blind people see in unfamiliar locations. And the robbers still can't track down this victim.

The person on the other end of the "See for Me" service is the only likable character and totally reminded me of Brooke Langton way back on Melrose Place. Not to mention, the lead totally reminded me of a much younger Sarah Polley. But, that's neither here nor there.

This plot is absurd and unrealistic at best, and littered with way too many plot holes at worst. And that lead character we're supposed to root for is so bad and unpleasant, you really only root for Not-Brooke Langton and she's thousands of miles away.

This is on Shudder and I love Shudder. But this REALLY feels like a D-grade Netflix thriller.

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Final Thoughts: Yeah, I have to go here: Like the blind lead, don't see this movie.

Have seen worse.. The lead wasn't likable,believable or where you felt any sympathy for someone blind.

Frankly she was an entitled scammer with attitude,over her circumstances of disability.

It was a very simplistic storyline,which is nothing new or special.

The movie has a short running time that can be a plus or minus,depending on how they want you invested into the characters & so forth.

Although the(See for Me)app concept was interesting,not like that's Innovative technology to make the story greater.

The actors to acting was average,cinematography was ok.. Bottom line the lead needs to stick with voice work,she just isn't a believable actress.

This movie had numerous clichés,plotholes & stereotypes of what a blind person can/cannot do.

Nothing worth a rewatch but if bored & nothing else is on,than it's a time killing popcorn flick.

If you're watching it for Kim Coates.. It's mostly his voice on a phone during some parts,than a little of him as the movie is nearing its running end.

A very good premise ridiculed to oblivion,it's not a bad movie just corny & irritatingly unrealistic ,way over the top,a different direction could've saved it.