Directed by:
Pål SletauneScreenplay:
Pål SletauneCinematography:
John Andreas AndersenComposer:
Fernando VelázquezCast:
Noomi Rapace, Kristoffer Joner, Vetle Qvenild Werring, Stig Ryste Amdam, Maria Bock, Henrik Rafaelsen, Bjørn Moan, Eva Zeidler (more)VOD (2)
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After escaping an abusive husband Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Terrified that her ex-husband will find them she buys a baby monitor to keep in her son's room at all times. But strange noises echo in the baby monitor from elsewhere in the building. As she witnesses the sounds of what she believes is another child being murdered she fears it is her own. Reliving the nightmare she recently escaped Anna will need to figure out what's real and what isn't before she loses her sanity and her child. (Nordisk Film Nor.)
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He wants to entertain everyone and ends up disappointing everyone. The perfect Noomi Rapace manages to create a pleasant thriller atmosphere with just her facial expressions, on the edge of a mental breakdown, but the script undermines her at the most critical moments. When I successfully tune in for a quiet drama, scary stuff pops up, and when I then switch to a paranormal thriller, practically nothing happens for long minutes. This is not a multi-genre film, but an attempt at originality at any cost, which falls apart in the hands of its creators a few minutes before the climax.
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The film The Monitor has one major strong element that makes it worth watching. That element is none other than Noomi Rapace, who once again delivers excellent work in the leading role, slightly overshadowing the fact that the film doesn't have much to say and only tangentially attempts horror. This is a great pity because the tension fades quickly.
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I don't know. I'm as tense as a dentist's waiting room for most of the film, can't decide if the civilian atmosphere is unsettling me in a good way or a bad one, and after it was over I was still putting two and two together in the bathtub with a wrinkled forehead... and then it dawned on me. The whole point, the whole thing clicked into place and I was confronted with the triviality of the entire plot. While it’s not that bad, it's awfully similar to all that Thai/Korean/Japanese stuff, just a little more Nordic in its aloofness. And when you cook mashed potatoes for 4 hours, the result may not be all bad, but you kind of feel like a moron.
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An unremarkable psycho-thriller with bits of horror that grabs your attention in the first half hour (thick atmosphere and a good performance by Noomi Rapace), only to then turn into the classic tale of “everyone here is crazy, I’m the real Jesus”. It has moments with proper Nordic terror, but the overall impression is, as I’ve said, unremarkable. The previous movie of the director is in another psychological horror league.
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