A Ciegas

An effective little thriller with good use of certain innovative mobile apps. Randall Okta brought convenient plot for home-invasion standards though wasn't without its flaws. Kudos to Skyler Davenport who's blind in real life and gave sensible performance here.

See For Me

In the spirit of Wait Until Dark with Audrey Hepburn or last years Don't Breath 2 we have a thriller about a blind person and a home invasion. This movie went for a technology spin with iPhones and gizmos.

Here we have a very angry teenager recently blind and struggling with her disability. To make her so angry with just about everyone and everything and so resent any help makes her so unlikeable we have little sympathy for her. If she spoke to me like that I would walk away as I have a zero tolerance to being bullied.

The idea that you would employ a blind cat-sitter in an unknown house in the middle of nowhere is stretching credulity.

Come the bad guys it got much better, there remained plots holes the size found in Emmental cheese but for a TV movie it packed a suspenseful punch.

Overall this was a 5 outta 10, meaning it vaguely amused me while I watched it but really it sucked and I hated the female empowerment issues where every man in the movie was portrayed as evil.

Have seen worse.. The lead wasn't likable,believable or where you felt any sympathy for someone blind.

Frankly she was an entitled scammer with attitude,over her circumstances of disability.

It was a very simplistic storyline,which is nothing new or special.

The movie has a short running time that can be a plus or minus,depending on how they want you invested into the characters & so forth.

Although the(See for Me)app concept was interesting,not like that's Innovative technology to make the story greater.

The actors to acting was average,cinematography was ok.. Bottom line the lead needs to stick with voice work,she just isn't a believable actress.

This movie had numerous clichés,plotholes & stereotypes of what a blind person can/cannot do.

Nothing worth a rewatch but if bored & nothing else is on,than it's a time killing popcorn flick.

If you're watching it for Kim Coates.. It's mostly his voice on a phone during some parts,than a little of him as the movie is nearing its running end.

"Hush"! I heard a better version is on Netflix. And "Don't Breathe" on...any other platform.

There. I gave you my recommendation. See "Don't Breathe" or "Hush" instead of "See for Me." But, if you feel the need for a triple feature some night, fine, you can include this. But, only because I can't think of another movie this is hyper-similar to.

Our incredibly unlikeable hero of the story is blind and somehow always manages to get around an unfamiliar house where she's cat-sitting and not be seen, for the most part, by three robber intruders. Even more unbelievable, she's holding her phone with the flashlight on while she's talking with a "See for Me" video chat service that helps blind people see in unfamiliar locations. And the robbers still can't track down this victim.

The person on the other end of the "See for Me" service is the only likable character and totally reminded me of Brooke Langton way back on Melrose Place. Not to mention, the lead totally reminded me of a much younger Sarah Polley. But, that's neither here nor there.

This plot is absurd and unrealistic at best, and littered with way too many plot holes at worst. And that lead character we're supposed to root for is so bad and unpleasant, you really only root for Not-Brooke Langton and she's thousands of miles away.

This is on Shudder and I love Shudder. But this REALLY feels like a D-grade Netflix thriller.

***

Final Thoughts: Yeah, I have to go here: Like the blind lead, don't see this movie.

Basically what I'm gonna write here is echoing what a lot of others have already said about this movie. And as you can tell by the title the lead character is genuinely awful and it just put me off the film throughout.

She's not nice, she's annoying and I really don't understand why you'd make someone so frustrating to watch. More so when the point of this film is to root for this character when the break in happens. Why would I root for someone so frustrating. She's a proper "female dog" if you get me.

The plot itself isn't too bad. It's a take on the intrusion horror sub-genre so you know what you're going to get. There was one or 2 minor twists, nothing major but I can't say much more other than it got the job done. Sure, I feel they could have improved the level of suspense throughout and made better characters, but it's watchable at the end of the day.

Was it scary? No. Let's just end that one there.

So yeah, this is a film that massively let down by the poor writing of the characters. The main one was simply horrendous, and the other characters were so forgettable and flat they aren't worth mentioning. Yeah, a very average 5/10 today.