Synopsis
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.
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Cast
- Claire FoySawyer Valentini
- Joshua LeonardDavid Strine
- Jay PharoahNate Hoffman
- Juno TempleViolet
- Aimee MullinsAshley Brighterhouse
- Amy IrvingAngela Valentini
- Sarah StilesJill
- Marc KudischBank Manager
- Colin WoodellMark
- Myra Lucretia TaylorCounselor
Recommendations
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The Film Stage
What first appeared to be a fun riff on One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest soon transforms into something much darker. - 80
Variety
We’re in schlock corridor here and Soderbergh runs with it, cellphone in hand; under the buzzing suspense mechanics, however, a cautionary note on the perils of disbelieving women is just audible. - 75
IndieWire
Unsane brims with curiosity about digital technology, discomfort with corporate bureaucracies, and is spiked through and through with icy wit – in short, it could never be anything but a Soderbergh film, and a particularly delicious one at that. - 75
Slant Magazine
Even Unsane's most ridiculous moments coast on the sheer energy of Steven Soderbergh's aesthetic gamesmanship. - 67
The Playlist
Topicality is not mandatory, and it’s clear the agenda here is for salacious genre thrills rather than anything deeper or more profound, but when the film’s form is such an embrace of modernity, it feels like cognitive dissonance to have the story skew so old-fashioned. - 60
CineVue
An adroit, and trashy thriller leached of all its significance by a plot that spirals uncontrollably into lunacy, Unsane takes the feverish temperature of a country enraged by sexual harassment and decides to turn up the heat. - 50
Screen Daily
Admirers of Soderbergh’s experimental tendency will applaud the film’s execution – it was shot on the iPhone 7 Plus – while this story of a tenacious woman fighting all odds should have added appeal in this #MeToo moment. For a mainstream genre piece, however, the narrative execution is a little too cavalier to guarantee audience satisfaction. - 40
The Guardian
The absurdity and the galaxy of plot holes in the farcical final act just undermine everything.
