You're Not Alone

You're Not Alone simply has no idea what it wants to be. It's a senseless mix of a family drama, supernatural thriller and even a bit of a slasher. Ultimately none of it ever achieves the climax. Occasionally good actress Katia Winter is painful to watch as a main protagonist even compared to her screen daughter portrayed by Leya Catlett. The script is plain awful in every single - did Andrew Wong ever realized he wrote a character with the single line 'Mrs. Nibbles!' that is repeated like 15 time? And the sound editing is perhaps one of the worst ones ever. Extremely cheap and bland nonsense.

This movie not only had potential, but manages to trick you and trick you and get you closer to the edge of your seat for the biggest of surprises lately seen: NOTHING HAPPENS!

Yet, the execution in the first 2 acts manages to grow on you and gets you into thinking there is a lot more to see here, but you'll have to be patient. Problem is, the last act went straight downhill, with an under mediocre execution, idea, development, disrespectful and annoyingly way to end a movie. It should not have happened but sadly this is all we get.

All in all, the 3rd act has been seen many times before, recently even, but I won't name those movies out because it would completely waste the little effort put into You're Not Alone, so if you do decide to watch it, do so but expect to get frustrated and that alone.

Cheers!

Without any spoilers, there are so many things in this movie that never add up. Like the lack of storyline and purpose for instance. This ends up feeling like a higher budget Lifetime movie. People go missing without any question to their disappearance. I'm still not sure what this movie is about. There are a million warnings yet the need to leave the house isn't present. I could go on but it's not worth it. This was a complete waste of time.

That's what this film is, nothing more, nothing less. The final twist (I won't reveal it) has nothing to do with what has been narrated for more than 75 minutes and on top of that it is left without explanation, because some people believe that open endings are the best, I'm one of those people, but as long as there is a motivation that is not found here.

The development of the characters can be improved, the house, which has its point, is totally wasted and the flashbacks bring nothing but confusion.

Katia Winter's performance is far above the film.

A product that our mind will discard for self-defence.

Okay, decent acting. I loved the scenery and the plot, but it took too long to finish. It kept me interested, but at the same time, I was like get on with it already! Kinda seen the end coming, though. The overall story was good, but for the time it took to it all to come to a close, eh. I was exhausted. I enjoyed the film, but it's a one time watch. Trust me. It's good enough to get 5 out of 10 for me, but I can't go any higher. Peace