The Institute

2017
R
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

4.2/10

3.3K

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Thriller

Subjected to bizarre, increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute... Read allSubjected to bizarre, increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.Subjected to bizarre, increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.

Directors
- James Franco
- Pamela Romanowsky
Writers
- Matt Rager
- Adam Rager
Stars

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IMDb RATING

4.2/10

3.3K

YOUR RATING

Directors
- James Franco
- Pamela Romanowsky
Writers
- Matt Rager
- Adam Rager
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Videos1

Trailer 1:58

The Institute

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5spike-12628

The only good thing was Chopin's Mazurka in B minor...

I was genuinely disappointed. This then annoyed me....because, well I rather like James Franco. His role in 127 hrs was quite sublime. But in this? I'm still not even sure what this was. It felt like a rather disjointed medley consisting of a ridiculous plot, followed by some horrendous acting and they then thought they could mask it by using unnecessary nudity throughout (and I love nudity! So coming from me, that is a shocker!) but all joking aside, I have to be honest and say, it was just awful.

1martinjackson81

How not to do it

Wow. For the life of me, I cannot find anything about this film I liked. With a cast that should have done so much better, we have to lay blame to the awful script and terrible direction. It looked like a made for TV film from the 80s with its soft focus and glaring backlight. It's apparent thriller theme was wanting and any mention of horror or scares is mistaken. I would suspect that this could be used for GCSE media students on how not to make a film.

1LexGrace1

Hammer horror without the hammer

Hammy acting from renowned actors you'd expect more of. It wasn't laudanum they were ingesting but copious amounts of lithium to numb the brain thus restraining the urge to burst out laughing at every cliched, hackneyed and redundant theme in the plot line.

I hope I hammered that home.

2gnvvclark