Parallax

That's the only logical explanation for the exaggerated rating of this "movie''. The movie tries to be all metaphysical and mysterious but it ends up being long and boring.

I had a hard time finishing it.

The acting is mediocre. The 2 main actors are like High school level actors. The dialogue is laughable and so poorly delivered that it made me uncomfortable. Seriously, don't waste your time watching this one, may as well re-watch one of your favourite movies than this snooze fest. Clearly one of the hardest movie I've suffered through. I know all I've written is the opposite of the other 14 reviews but, Hey...I didn't work on this movie.

This film had me thinking for days after. Really incredible and interesting cinematography and plot. You can tell there is so much passion, care, and detail devoted so every aspect of the movie.

There's a lot more than meets the eye behind this film. Upon taking a closer look you will see the efforts they went to in working with limited variates in sets. The main apartment itself was utilized in interesting ways to prevent it from feeling visually stale.

Also, the scene of Naomi drowning in water in her reoccurring dreams seemed like it could have easily been taken out of a multi million dollar feature.

Overall, this film is worth your time and attention.

I'm not a film critic, so I may not be able to fully articulate why I enjoyed this film and believe it does a good job of putting you in a mind-space of disarray.

The acting from the lead is wonderful, and she does a great job of conveying a confused painter who finds special solace in her work.

The story is a bit chopped up and everywhere, but I believe that's purposefully done, to put the viewer in a similar state as Naomi, the main character.

The Cinematography is also used in aiding the story's sense of confusion and unease. Shots are framed in unfamiliar ways creating a dissonance for viewers. Visual cues for when and where shots take place are subtly laid into the background giving the viewer something to ground against once the story has set the stage and gets rolling.

If you enjoy Indie Thrillers, I would recommend this film for sure. The psychological aspects hit strongly after experiencing COVID lockdown.

I just watched Parallax encouraged by reviews, both here and elsewhere, and I'm terribly dissappointed. Is this somekind of a guerilla marketing campaign with all those 9/10 reviews? The movie is based on an interesting collage of, let's say, a bunch of fuzzy reality ideas. None of them are actually original, I'll skip details to avoid spoilers but suffice to say we know them already from other films. However, if delivered properly this could have been a good experience nonetheless. Unfortunately this did not happen and the only good things I find in this film are the lead actress performance and music. Cinematography could also deserved praising if only they have not decided on reusing just a handful of identical shots almost in a repeating pattern. All actors' performance is bad (except for the lead one) and dialogs are unrealistic. The storyline is very slow, maybe even boring but that's not the problem, there are lots of movies that are probably too slow but overall turn out very good. The bad part here is that for the 3/4 of a movie it keeps the same slow pace and is generally consistent in it, only to suddenly change into some lower-then-B-grade student's action movie in the end. Did the screenwriter's dog ete their only copy of a script book a night before shooting and they had to improvise or something? Seriously, the director and the screewriter should consider career change - I believe it is the same person so that explains why we've got so many issues related to acting, dialogs and plot at once in this film.

Story was a slow progression into madness, plenty of tension and feelings of frustration shared with the main character. Following her through multiple worlds, it's the first movie in a long time I truly didn't know where it was leading!

The ending was a huge payoff! I think I'm going to have to watch this a couple more times to catch all the subtle details the director and DP sprinkled throughout in order to clue you in. There's definitely a really well curated visual story here, and I loved it!

The lead actor's were really great at creating the atmosphere of familiarity and at the same time distance. It's one of those movies you can't just watch once to really appreciate it. Nice work to everyone involved, a beautiful piece of art!