Synopsis
Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.
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Cast
- Elijah WoodNick Chambers
- Sasha GreyJill Goddard
- Neil MaskellChord
- Iván GonzálezTony
- Jaime OlíasDave
- Adam QuinteroPierre - Triop #1
- Daniel Pérez PradaTriop #2
- Jake KlamburgTriop #3
- Rachel ArieffCarol
- Michelle JennerPossessed #1
Recommendations
- 78
Austin Chronicle
Open Windows has plenty to say about both the death of privacy and the dominion of the always-connected digiverse we now inhabit, and editor Bernat Vilaplana does a remarkable job of keeping the film’s frenetic pace rushing headlong toward an ending that you’ll never see coming. - 75
RogerEbert.com
Open Windows goes from crazy to Crazy to CRAZY, but maintains enough energy and cultural currency to keep the entertainment value high. - 70
Variety
A fiendishly inventive thriller built around an audacious if unsustainable gimmick, Open Windows elevates Hitchcockian suspense to jittery new levels of mayhem and paranoia. - 58
The Playlist
While the execution may be somewhat of a misfire, the obvious effort and thought put into making the concept work is worthy. - 50
Slant Magazine
Timidity and perhaps fear, of visual confinement, of lingering emotional engagement, closes Nacho Vigalondo's most promising windows. - 42
The A.V. Club
Open Windows attempts to disguise a revenge movie by cloaking it in the flash of a voyeuristic techno-thriller, but the combined concepts are so high that the film resolves as Vigalondo reaches his Icarus moment, the corpse so mangled and unpleasant the project’s ambition can only be identified via dental records. - 40
The Dissolve
Vigalondo is shooting for something densely layered, an expression of the complexity and moral murkiness of the hacker sphere, but he doesn’t have the plot sorted out. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
It's pretty silly stuff, leaving the film to rely on more conventional car chases, woman-in-peril scenarios and mistaken identity to keep things interesting -- all seen on that laptop via security cameras and the like.
