Nick

Very interesting premise here, and well written and acted, although confusing as to where exactly it is set. It seems to be somewhere in Spain, and it is claimed to have been filmed there and in Andorra, in the Pyrenees. One of the Spanish actress, the one who looks after the horses, sounds so English, one could not even know she was from Spain. The only irritation - that annoying, surly teenager, who decides he is going to hate everyone he meets, and show utter contempt, then make them look like the villain when they are upset by it. Granted, his step- or half-sister actually does not help the situation, and perhaps overreacts to him at times. One also wonders why this evil killer decides to murder such a beautiful nice young girl near the start - some of those creeps just have to destroy everything. It is refreshing though to have a different setting from normal, and they should make more like this.

Unsympathetic characters, some weirdly stilted acting, and an opaque plot give this film a very unusual feel. But don't let this, or the bad reviews, put you off. Actually it's an excellent film which drew me in and then scared the she-hit out of me. If all films were the same it'd be really boring. I'd rather watch this than 99 out of 100 Hollywood blockbusters. Hooray for weirdness!

Competently shot, but everything else about 'Outlier' (aka 'Nick') is unfortunately not good.

Melina Matthews and Molly Malcolm are passable in the acting department, though the rest of them aren't great - especially the other lead. The film is set/filmed in Andorra which is nice, though I wouldn't say it shows the place off as much as I could've. The plot, meanwhile, has potential yet concludes with a damp squib. This 2010s film does have a solid score and song (+ music video!), though.

The pace of this film is so glacial and the dialogue so on-the-nose that it almost feels like it was made as a teaching aid for English as a second language learners. The story is pretty impenetrable and the characters all behave really strangely, so the whole adds up to a bizarre oddity, which has precious little charm. Probably best avoided.

I enjoyed this movie because of it's unique, strange atmosphere. The setting alone almost became a character in the movie. It's slow, brooding and scary. I think the very end could have been better but overall I liked it.