The Grinn

Ever wanted to watch a dude stumble around an apartment, tripping over the furniture while obstinately refusing to close his mouth? Of course you haven't. Some of the other reviewers have called this film's plot and twist "smart." I called the twist from literally the first 5 minutes. It's laughably obvious if you're even mildly familiar with horror movies and games.

If you're anything like me, you love watching "so bad it's good" movies. Sorry to disappoint, but "the Grinn" only bored me to tears. The only tension I felt was my struggle not to fall asleep, the only suspense was in regard to whether or not I'd turn off the film and have a more fulfilling evening watching some paint dry.

As a final note, the Grinn committed one of the most dire sins a low-budget film can; featuring some lame rock song that the director's college roommate wrote. Truly the benchmark that every forgettable straight-to-streaming movie aspires to.

Right, my brother decided to make me watch this and I want to punch him because of it. Like I said in the title I can respect this indie film for what it is, but the story is just all over the place. I understood the twists and the ending and so on, but it was just illustrated poorly. Don't want to delve into it in huge depth, but its like the director has tried to make this overly confusing for the sake of it. It's not a spoiler, because the character had no purpose, but there was a bloke in a mask. I can only assume he is representing something, but why? There's no point.

There was an intimacy and mystery as a result of the focus on a single character trying to piece together with audience how he got to this point similar to recent blockbuster like girl on a train. Of course it is another genre and misses the fancy transitions that can be found with big budget films. Still I was surprised how well it worked with what it had. The development of characters, lines and cuts were done well.

I am not normally one to watch psychological horrors or movies not previously in cinema but a friend suggested this movie. I think I may try more Indy films in future

Although this is an independent lower budget movie, and you can tell it is.....the script/story is EXCELLENT and anyone with a heart will be drawn into this characters story. It is a smartly written and thoroughly engaging story full of realism, intense emotions, relationship and mental issues of young adults.

The main character, Vance, starts out to be seemingly a "good guy" who is in love but hurt,overwhelmed and frustrated with his free spirited girlfriend. The character devolves from there, until he is forced to confront the truth of his own memories.

If you enjoy thrillers,and/or smart character studies and/self exploration stories, you will be able to EASILY disregard the small things (yet I did see flashes of real acting ability with the main actor) that won't hinder your ability to see the diamond under the coal in this wonderful yet sad and intense story.

The concept was okay. Done with better backing it could have been great. The actor playing Vance hopefully doesn't act as a full time job and has a career to fall back on. The actress playing Vera seemed very stale and unimpressive. Diana was acted possibly the best here but that doesn't mean good. The set up for the ending just seemed to drag on and this film could have been half an hour shorter and marketed as a student indy film and would have been better. The best acting comes from the baby who had no real acting skill, so it was an even playing field.