Synopsis
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
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Cast
- Florence HartiganSophie
- Luke Spencer RobertsJosh
- Chelsea LopezAshley
- Justin MatthewsMark
- Clint JordanSteve
- Cyd StrittmatterCaroline
- Roberto MedinaWalt
- Jeanine JacksonMelissa Foster
- David CarreraJack Foster
- Matt BiedelDaniel Abrams
Recommendations
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The A.V. Club
First-time director Justin Barber, who cowrote the screenplay with T.S. Nowlin, builds his narrative around the Phoenix Lights, but sticks so close to formula that they might as well be called the Blair Lights. - 40
Variety
After 40 or so minutes of teasing hints that its makers may have hit upon a fresh approach to found-footage thrillers, “Phoenix Forgotten” indicates the genre may be having its last gasp on life support as the movie devolves into yet another threadbare patchwork of mounting hysteria, faux cinéma vérité, and shaky-cam visual clichés. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
The performances in the 1997 scenes are relatively low-key, relying more on the dramatic development of personal relationships than the shock value of unexpected events. The contemporary storyline offers little of particular interest, however, serving more to contextualize earlier developments. - 38
Movie Nation
Director Barber makes the period video look exactly like misplaced family home movies — rolling picture, static, shaky, the works. - 30
Austin Chronicle
Phoenix Forgotten is borderline generic, desert-set found footage that apes the aforementioned Witchiness and genre constraints to a snooze-worthy T.
