Follow Her

I guess this film was taking a swing at influencers and content creators and the Tik Tok generation. Also how people chase a dream regardless of how broken it is. It was trying to show there are real world consequences for narcissism I think.

The film ran out of steam once Jess meets her client Tom. It's really hard to carry a film with two characters in a single location. SLEUTH is one of the few stories to carry off that kind of intensity and FOLLOW HER didn't.

The big reveal shook things up but ultimately didn't go anywhere and the ending was predictable.

In the end, FOLLOW HER is a slew of ideas that fail to come together as a cohesive concept.

I dislike social media and the hellscape we've created in it's wake... but this movie was so boring and poorly acted. The only redeeming character was the cat. The movie does little to expand on the vapid people (the royal) we've become in the quest for stardom and likes. There are many Black Mirror episodes that masterfully comment on many aspects of what this movie aims for but misses. It's supposed to be meta within meta but it's just insipid. The dialog and plot points are so dull, and made even worse by all of the 'recaps' within the movie. Did i mention i liked the cat? Poor thing, i hope it can still find work after being associated with this movie...

Or should I go? Not just a song that is asking that! No pun intended and no the song is not in the movie in case you were wondering. One location movies (mainly that is) have to be quite clever ... to keep your interest and to keep the suspense high ... otherwise you might get bored before too long.

The actors try their best - and they have some moments to shine. There are some neat ideas and some good twists. Overall something seems to be missing. No matter how well and good you follow ... her and the story (another pun you say)! Most things are also predictable ... still if you have a heart for low budget movies ... you could do worse.

I watched this film online because I was tired of giant movies and super stars. I wanted to watch something while eating lunch in the afternoon, so I chose a random movie that appeared to be low-budget and whose actors were unknown and not among the elite stars...but the movie was very good.

Well made independent movie. If you like 'Black Mirrir' this was a little bit close to that, especially with the digital age with social media obsession.

The acting of the two main characters was excellent, and the plot is intriguing; you simply cannot predict what will happen next... The lead female character says : "the man can't just turn out to the killer, we've seen that in a thousand movies before." So you can't really know the... .... .. . Well, I won't spoil the events; The ending was ambiguous, You can't really tell what her last choice was.

Makes some good points about personal privacy in the speedy Information age where everyone is filmed at all times and people live their lives for the likes. Creepy and suspenseful.

The message here is: if you carry it too far, it will lead to consequences. Well: 6/10.

There's quite a clever line in 'Follow Her' where the lead female character says something to the effect of, "the man can't just turn out to the killer, we've seen that in a thousand movies before." And it made me take pause, because the movie was seemingly being self-aware. But what it was really doing was making us realise everything can't be as straight forward as it would appear. So instead of just going along for the ride and thinking you know exactly how this will all pan out, you are suddenly aware of the potential for plot twists and turns, and you become a lot more invested in the movie for that reason.

And from there out the film does its best to surprise us and catch us out. The film certainly doesn't fail from lack of trying. It throws as much at the wall as it can and just enough sticks to keep it afloat. The only thing that lets it down is that it never quite delivers that knock out blow that leaves your jaw on the floor. Still, if you're in the mood for a switch-off-brain thriller then you could do much worse than 'Follow Her'. 6/10.