The Institute

I am a little curious as to the incredibly low score for this film. It's a much better watch then the reviews would lead you to believe. It is a little muddled in terms of tone, it doesn't quite know what it wants to be, but in terms of its relevance I thought it rather good. During The Victorian Era it was quite commonplace for women to be placed in an Institution, for behaving in a manner that wasn't deemed 'ladylike.' The film is inspired by real life events, and it's definitely worth reading of the events that occurred at The Rosewood Center, which only closed its doors in 2009.

The acting was rather good, Allie Gallerani and Scott Haze, were both excellent I thought. It's almost impossible to spot Pamela Anderson, but she's there. The Nurse was great, so chilling.

Don't watch the trailers, ignore the bad reviews, and give it a chance, it's not brilliant, but it's certainly interesting. 7/10

Some of the worst acting I think I've ever witnessed.

A pittyful effort of look smart and surprising, comes out as a leading disorientation and regret. I genuinely believe, Franco did this movie just to be more around half naked women. It may also be a result of beting between two buddies. No story, no continuity, no acting, no screenplay, no music and no nothing. Costumes are nice though...

Looking at this new title on netflix im thinking ok this is not gonna be great but what the hell, i was bored. Saw 3 interesting names staring in the movie so i thought ok it might be good... WRONG!!! SO BAD, waste of time, bad acting, bad director. Low budget movie

The Institute is a thriller starring James Franco and Eric Roberts and had me bored, frustrated and simply not interested throughout.

Based very very very very loosely on a true story it follows a girl who commits herself into an asylum after a tragedy only to find out that nefarious dealings go on within its walls.

Franco not only stars but directs here and many don't realize he's been directing for over a decade now! I just personally don't think he's very good at it, and quite frankly I don't like seeing him in front of the camera either.

I get what the movie is doing and the concept is passable enough, sadly the execution is lacking and meanders through its 90 minute runtime at a grindy boring pace.

It has its moments and that finale was quite inspired but entertaining? Hardly.

I'm sure had we known the truth about what truth happened in the real Rosewood center that would have been for a more interesting tale.

The Good:

Decent finale

The Bad:

Simply unlikable

James Franco

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

I'll never understand why people adapt true stories and turn them into fiction anyway

I don't like James Franco's face