A home invasion thriller that fails to engage the senses
Netflix has released a new movie called “See For Me.” The film is about Sophie, a former champion skier who agrees to cat-sit for a client at a secluded mansion that seems to be miles away from any other property. Sophie soon realizes that the mansion is actually on the other side of the mountain and she must find her way back before the client gets angry. ..
Sophie is in danger as she tries to avoid being seen by three thieves who have invaded her home and know the location of a hidden safe. ..
In “Sophie,” a visually impaired woman is the victim of a home invasion. The twist is that Sophie is able to see in the dark, which gives her an edge over her assailants. This makes for a suspenseful thriller, as the viewer wonders how well Sophie will be able to survive. ..
See For Me is a mostly unoriginal movie that is easy to guess what happens next. There are no clever camera shots or elaborate plot twists, which makes the movie boring. ..
The movie does have one good gimmick, however. Sophie uses an app called ”See For Me” whenever she needs assistance from a sighted person, and this comes in particularly useful when she needs to know the location of the thieves.
Veteran Kelly works as a ‘seeing eye person’ in between her work for the army and playing video games online. She is well used to giving instructions to somebody from one end of a headset. ..
Personally, I thought the inclusion of the app was a good idea as it adds something new to a tired formula. But it would have been more effectively used if the person on the other end of the video stream wasn’t an experienced marksman. The backstory given to the character, who is an experienced marksman, takes away any possibility of suspense. ..
The story could have been much more exciting if the person Sophie communicated with was someone who was actually interested in helping her and wasn’t just a lazy 9 to 5 slacker who was clueless about dealing with home intruders. But as Kelly has the skills to turn the tables on the invaders, despite being on the other end of the phone, we never once feel scared for the blind girl whose life is supposedly in danger.
There are other problems with the story. For starters, why is a visually impaired person looking after a cat in a large house? Surely this is a health and safety nightmare waiting to happen as, despite a brief guided tour around the mansion, Sophie has little way of knowing what obstacles are in front of her. And how did the thieves know about the money in the safe? Unless I had a nap midway through (which is a big possibility), this was something that I failed to grasp. The movie strains believability and there are times when it’s a chore to sit through.
Sophie is a hard-working, but unappreciative, disabled person who is not particularly likeable. Skyler Davenport, the actress who plays Sophie, does a good job in portraying her character. However, the movie would not have been as successful without her.
The main character in this story is a mean and unhappy woman who tries to take advantage of her employers. Despite this, she comes across as a real person with feelings and motivations.
Jessica Parker Kennedy is excellent as Kelly, the support worker that Sophie relies on for help when trying to take on the bad guys alone. She is not given a lot to work with, but she does well with what she has been given. The actors playing the thieves, however, while certainly very competent, don’t have much to do other than appear creepy. This limits their effectiveness in the screenplay.
The movie feels like a TV movie because it’s never really used to create suspense or hidden danger. Hitchcock would have used more sweeping shots of the staircases and other areas of the home to showcase the scale of the property, and he would have made better use of shadows to introduce more tension. Unfortunately, there is little of that in this movie.
The film’s premise is interesting, but the characters and setting are not. The film feels like it was made for a different audience and not for moviegoers.
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