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The Institute (2022)

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The Institute

26 reviews
2/10

Dull

I only watched this for the male lead who at least tries to act and has many nearly nude scenes. The females have some total nude scenes, and I mention the nudity because this film offers little else. At times it seems to border on an adult film, but it's just a dull and lifeless mess, in which characters only act in the way they act in bad movies. There is no horror or scares to this at all. Poorly filmed, it was obvious some scenes were filmed with a green screen and badly, as the actors were strangely outlined. Not worth anyone's time.
  • hampersnow-41369
  • Mar 22, 2022
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4/10

Not a lot of redeeming qualities

It's not easy to make a good movie so I feel bad being this brutal but this movie has a lot of problems.

First of all, I was immediately turned off but the opening scene CGI which wasn't great - to put it kindly. The odd thing is there was nothing really like it in the rest of the film. Thank goodness. At least there are some more practical effects that show up closer to the end of the movie that were pretty decent. If you can't do good CGI you should probably just avoid it. (Pro tip from someone who's never made a movie!)

Secondly, the acting could use some work. Some of the performers sound like they are reading their lines from a teleprompter. The male main lead Daniel gave a decent enough performance. Marie was good at being topless... I'll leave it at that.

I liked the concept behind the movie but the plot was only okay. I could basically guess what's going to happen most of the time, so I feel like they needed to add something more unexpected for the story to remain interesting.

There's a few decent bits of cinema photography but other times it looks a bit like cheap video. Perhaps it needed some atmospheric lighting? I don't know.

In the end it's more of a background movie to watch while you doom scroll on Twitter or watch cat videos on Tik Tok.
  • DerangedPika
  • Mar 23, 2022
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2/10

It's all natural

  • nogodnomasters
  • Jun 2, 2022
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5/10

It's an indie

If you watch the trailer before watching the film you can clearly see that this is an ULB (maybe even no-budget) feature. As such you have to grade features like these on a curve. Does it trip up? For sure it does, but it's clear that a majority of the errors are budgetary. Look at their IMDb and you can see this was created by a bunch of first time feature filmmakers and knowing that I've seen A LOT WORSE. I hope these filmmakers get to make more movies.
  • creationsbychristopherla
  • Mar 22, 2022
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3/10

Another low budget mess from Gravitas

Badly acted, directed and written.

The plot was fairly interesting but the execution was poor due to lack of talent and budget.

Gravitas seem to make these movies with a 50 quid budget and the are perfect for millennials who are scrolling through tik tok whilst not paying attention. Avoid.
  • stevelivesey67
  • Mar 22, 2022
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2/10

Worst movie ever

What a waste of time. The script must have been written by a 5 year old. Way too much gratuitous sex and nudity. A sort of orgy that seemed out of place and unnecessary. Of course all female nudity and very little male nudity. Heaven forbid we see a man's genitals. If it was supposed to be a horror flick, it failed. The "special effects" were so bad, it looked like amateur hour. It was only creepy. In my opinion the acting was terrible. All the secondary characters were insignificant and were a waste. Jarred Harper is a good actor but was wasted in this movie. The ending was stupid and didn't give the audience any closure. Don't waste your time.
  • dovesrun-65561
  • Jan 2, 2025
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5/10

The Institute

  • BandSAboutMovies
  • Mar 22, 2022
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1/10

Other votes are way too high

This movies reviews are suspect.

All positive reviews are extremely generic, while bad reviews are much more in-depth (and close to what I observed).

This movie is hard to watch; boring and with terrible green screen keying.

Just don't watch this movie if you're not into watching weird people speak in a boring way for two hours while standing out from the background like sore teeth.

I have to add this to match the required length: it seems obvious to me that quite a lot of friends and family of the actors/producers helped it to get as much visibility as possible. Sadly, you cannot turn s#it into gold like this.
  • erlibbio
  • Feb 24, 2024
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A Negative Ten

Holy Moses! This is one bad movie. The Writer/Director/Star/Everything-man has zero talent and needs to get out of the business.

The writing is horrible. I mean the script is so poor it's on welfare. You won't see such horrible acting even in a Troma movie.

And the directing is so poor you'll be bored out of your mind before 15 minutes go by.

Honestly, I waited this out to see if there was any good nudity. There isn't. The sex scene is as boring as the film. Who's a thunk it?

Oh, and I didn't mention the musical score. It sucks too. The most annoying tracks you'll ever hear. This is just a really bad movie you will want to miss.
  • arfdawg-1
  • Sep 13, 2024
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2/10

So it was aliens?

  • gradgurl
  • Feb 10, 2025
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8/10

Ultra Low but aims high

  • info-99397
  • Mar 24, 2022
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6/10

Well, that was something

I thought the actors portraying our protagonists, Daniel and Marie, did a reasonable job. Some have commented that the rest of the characters were not well acted, but I think it was a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers to have most of the characters appear to be "wrong" in one way or another. The head of "The Institute" appeared somehow divorced from his emotions. I've seen worse ways to spend 90 minutes.
  • jimcancook
  • Mar 22, 2022
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8/10

FUN

I enjoyed this movie much more than I'd expected. The other reviews don't mention how much FUN it was. Yes it's an independent film but the premise and the actors were pretty good. The Couple worked well together and The Doctor was suitably creepy. It was certainly entertaining :)
  • cjkfinchley
  • Mar 25, 2022
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7/10

A Parenting Horror

Certainly a great attempt at using horror and creating a family. Interesting setup!

Some moments of real interesting execution. A fun campy film if you can see it that way.
  • BryanRibeiroKey
  • Mar 27, 2022
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9/10

Great Independent Film

  • pauly-62655
  • Apr 2, 2022
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6/10

Different

  • jttm-20390
  • Apr 29, 2023
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9/10

This is a funny and interesting movie

I have seen a few of these Amazon and Netflix "sci-fi" movies. 9 times out of 10 they take place in one room and a bunch of people freaking out. This movie has locations, action and me and my fiancé laughed through the whole thing. It is like body snatchers. We enjoyed it. I bet you would too.
  • john_mathon
  • Jun 4, 2022
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6/10

Silly and unrealistic

  • thegodyoda
  • Dec 18, 2022
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8/10

Talented writer

Talented writer with a cool plot and a hot cast make this a winner! Really enjoyed it as very diversified casting . Good editing for a fist time major release.
  • salsai-2
  • Jun 11, 2022
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8/10

Good movie

The scores are unusually low for such a good movie. They should have had a 4th act after she gave birth. There could have been more sex and nudity to flesh out the film. The first act was a bit superfluous and long winded. They could have skipped it and then continued the film after the alien child was born. I liked it.
  • fluffchop
  • Jul 11, 2022
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9/10

Fun movie, especially for the 20-45 y.o. age group; has replay value

While the opening is a little slow, I liked this movie once it got going. The ending is totally worth it.

I've watched it a couple of times and there's definitely some replay value: I noticed a whole bunch of gross/hilarious things the second time around that I didn't see earlier. I imagine this will be a hit amongst the 20-45 year old age group, all genders included.
  • ronverstappen-758-738238
  • Apr 9, 2022
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10/10

Excellent Movie with a ton of suspense and mystery!

I went into this movie expecting a lot after seeing the trailer which intrigued me. The storyline for this movie is very appealing because it's dealing with a couple who is having fertility issues and trying to have a baby. The writer/director of this movie did a hell of a job at keeping the audience guessing as to what was really going on and building this sense of tension and dread that things weren't completely what they seemed. The acting in this movie is very good-- there is strong chemistry and believable performances from the two leads (Victoria Brandart and Ignacio Matynia) who carry the film. Doctor Lands (Marc Lobene) is CREEPY and his presence becomes very unsettling as the movie progresses! He is definitely up to something nefarious and the writer/director did a phenomenal job by not telegraphing it and letting the scenes build on each other.

The two other couples who are at the Institute play their parts well and do a solid job with their acting. They created an environment that feels real as it's it's part clinic /part resort vacation. That pale attendant of the doctor -- she was also very good at being menacing and having an unsettling presence about her. She just seemed to pop up EVERYWHERE.

Overall THIS is great indie film making on a solid budget. I'm glad I bought this film and I highly recommend checking it out.
  • mindbenderentertainment
  • Mar 24, 2022
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10/10

Horror in a new style

Enjoyed this film . Comical horror indie that is well written . Interesting story line. A film I actually watched from the beginning to the end, meaning it had my attention. Great job hamza and the team involved .
  • marielaiv_
  • Jun 10, 2022
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9/10

Great Indie!

If you are looking for a socially redeeming sob fest this might not be it.. while the topics covered could be sensitive the movie just goes straight for entertainment and eye candy.. in which it succeeds! Really enjoyed this!
  • filmfan-62387
  • Apr 8, 2022
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10/10

Perfect Blend

I truly loved the mixed of a good thriller and a realistic topic that nobody talks about.

Recommended!

And my respect for creating such an amazing movie during the Pandemic and with informed funds 🙌🏽
  • vxvyytp
  • Apr 13, 2022
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