When the Mist Clears

This film is gorgeous.

Definitely not full on erotica though there are a few fairly erotic scenes, one being a very stunning love scene that is beautifully filmed.

The film feels honest, romantic and the performances are very natural and its carried by fantastic cinematography and a really wonderful score.

Seeing the poster, I have to admit .. I probably would not have been able to resist watching this. On the other hand, maybe it was better I just randomly picked this out of "what to watch next" streaming service I was on. The expectations the poster is setting ... well let's just say the movie itself will not reach (no pun intended).

Actually the movie does begin with a quite seductive main character. But the movie is not about steamy dreams/fantasies - neither yours nor hers. It is a mechanism - a distraction! A force shield if that comparison works even better for you.

So being spoiled and not sure what to do with herself (or the body god has given her), she also is being taken from this world ... well still on planet Earth, but quite a remote location, where she isn't even able to reach any of her friends. It is never clear if they are actual friends or just random people on social media she has gotten to know.

I guess you could read a few things into the movie. You could make up stuff that the makers intended or maybe they are your own version of whatever is transpiring. Anyway, this is a quest for self discovery ... accidental, by chance and a bit forced (parents pressuring her to take a trip with them) ... and finally also a bit of nudity. But again, if that is the main reason you are watching it (and you'd be excused considering that poster), you'd be quite dissapointed.

I am sorta lost for words. I don't think I've ever given a 2 rating. Maybe for a movie that was in terrible taste.

This movie is just frighteningly bad. How on earth did they get the funds to shoot this. Must have been a completely oblivious Angel funder.

The directing and acting are childish and at such an amateurish level I suspect most of us could do a better job.

How they forced the production value into this film I will never understand. The cinematography and music is occasionally decent with pretty scenery, but except for the opening scene of the city, still nothing we haven't seen done much better. And really, the scenery did most of the work.

So beyond that one aspect which gains two stars, the rest is unbelievably bad.

Acting: terrible Directing: terrible.

Circumstance: ridiculous (specifically the psychiatrist scene and the robbery scene) Historical exposition: contrived and exploitive/manipulative (and even failed at trying to do that)

Really did feel like people were reading their lines from a teleprompter for the first time.

I really tried to not sound too pretentious writing this. Sorry if I chose words that sounded as such. But I was really stretching trying to find the words to explain how bad this movie was. It's a b-movie not worth watching. It has no redeeming qualities or cultish fun. I don't think I've ever given such a scathing review where I couldn't find some redeeming qualities to a film.

If I was to recommend watching this, it would only be so you could discover something so bad as to be completely mind boggling and uniquely bazaar that it could ever be released.

This was an odd experience. The scenery is lush. The experienced actors seem to do their best with what they're given (the father had a lot going on for him). But the female lead made me think 'This must be the case of the director being so smitten by a woman they would film her against their own better judgement'. It's either that, or the lady must have been holding him for ransom. I have no other ideas as to how to explain the presence of the actress in this film. Also, the movie pretends to be taking you into the territory of the erotic genre, but does not deliver even close. It fails as a romance by being too blunt and obvious, it fails as a drama by giving extremely poor acting from the starlet. Guys, if you're going for erotica, just go there. Don't pretend to be above it. Cheap 50 Shades knock-offs do not play out well when there's no commitment.

Beautiful picture with nice idyllic Italian scenery. The sex scenes were a bit much but I guess that's my fault for not checking that it was "erotic". Dreamlike.