The Image of You

I was looking for a new movie to watch and didn't have much time, which is when I stumbled across The Image of You. Seeing that it is a mere ninety minutes, with a few recognizable TV show actors, I decided to put it on completely blind. At first, the movie seemed very campy. The dialogue was awkward, and the story felt forced. Nothing of substance occurred until the end of the film, where so much happened that it felt super chaotic. To pile on, Zoe is one of the most unlikable characters I have ever seen in film, and Nick is irredeemably heartless and dumb. At times, it was hard to watch. However, I pretty quickly stopped taking it so seriously and began to actually enjoy it a little bit. I was able to have fun watching the big twist, and laughing at the scenes that were outlandish. Overall, this was a pretty bad movie by all means, but it could be somewhat of a fun watch if you indulge in the campiness.

This took ages to get going. When there are identical twins and a man involved only one thing is bound to happen. This does have an additional twist though. Half way through it wasn't difficult to work it out, but the ending had a lot going on. All those dead people, surely they couldn't have been the first. Did the cops even try investigate at all. Not according to this movie.

Grief can do terrible things to some people, but it's mind boggling that they are enabled to just carry on without any treatment.

Haven't seen Nestor Carbonell for ages, I see he still wears eyeliner. One of these days he's going to look like Alice Cooper. Just kidding.

So I was winding down father's day with my 2 - 18 year old twin boys and my 15 year old daughter. Just as we were all about to say goodnight and I was ready to return to my home, my daughter said "dad, let's watch a movie together an we can make it an annual tradition. While I was exhausted and ready to head back home, I certainly wasn't going to pass on this very sweet invitation from my daughter and the start of a father's day tradition, so we settled into the family room of her mom's home and we searched for a movie that neither one of us had scene.

We stumbled onto The Image of You and wow what a way to start our tradition!!!!

Captivating, invigorating and even mesmerizing from the word go. We found ourselves sitting on the edge of our seats, passing on the snacks because we didn't want to miss a word and desperately trying to figure out where it was all going to land, something we both failed to do.

In addition to both disturbing but fascinating storyline, and well told, the movie's director kept a very high energy and excitement throughout the entire movie, using music, interesting split and quad screen shots that made the picture feel ALIVE!!!

So from a 62 year old man that was exhausted and an equally tired 15 year old girl - thank you thank you thank you - This movie made the start of our tradition a most memorable one!!!!

Sasha Pieterse and Parker Young are incredible in this thriller from director, Jeff Fisher. Expect twists, turns, and thrills from "The Image of You."

The cinematography and lighting are highly evocative of Hitchcock's mid-century work. The clever use of shadow in adding a certain layer of mystique to the character of Zoe is masterfully played.

The film's use of montage through splitscreens and wipes is also something that has not been utilized in Hollywood in quite some time (the "Ocean's" remakes are the most recent examples that come to mind). Fisher clearly wears his influences on his sleeve, and it is an absolute pleasure seeing this adaptation of Adele Parks' novel come to life.

Okay, this isn't my normal go-to type of movie, but a friend got me to watch it. And I do LOVE movies in general esp old movies from the seventies and before and there was so much style and movement and beauty to this film that it reminded me of movies from the past while definitely still being super modern and fast-paced. Also all the beautiful people in the film didn't hurt to look at. I thought the lead actress was INSANELY good. No spoilers but she did a helluva job. And Mira Sorvino and husband were epic. If you like thrillers and twisty movies or movies from an era gone by, check it out!