Sound of My Voice (2011)

Too much of everything

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

I've decided to my first review on this site, as I got a little frustrated by this movie.From the beginning I had quite positive impression about it, as the movie had interesting story unfolding although at rather slow pace (which might be disliked by somebody). However, the end of the movie left me guessing about what happened and what message was behind it all. Don't get me wrong: I like stories that leave some room for interpretation or your own morals, but this movie leaves you in despare and gasping for more information (to reach some level of comfort from the viewing).

** This review may contain spoilers for a movie that might not even be worth watching.Filled with dull and slow scenes. There was one I had to speed up because I knew exactly how it would end, and what I didn't know wasn't that interesting. This movie can be resumed in a sentence. A woman that claims comes from the future might be telling the truth, the end. There is nothing in between that is worth talking about, nothing stands out. The premise and the idea have been done properly in other movies. This isn't a must watch by any means. Doesn't answer questions, and worse of all, doesn't really leave you with anything. It isn't even interesting.

I found out this to be one of those rare low budget gems that appears once in a while. I won't give any spoiler here for it would be unfair. You won't find a dense sci-fi film but a head scratching proposal. It's well done and makes you think about it for a while. The main character is mesmerizing indeed and keeps you switching back and forth about whether she is what she claims to be or just an elaborated con. It's by far better than any pretentious big directors film I've watched lately in the sense that once you change your mind about your conclusion said conclusion will be challenged. I read it was conceived as a trilogy, well I hope it will but if not this film will stand on its own.

This indie film, despite its flaws, including some annoyingly uninspiring cult indoctrination moments and the sub-Lost-non-ending ending, which leaves space for weirdos to interpret as a suggestion that cults aren't really just trying to steal your money and indoctrinate you into doing something stupid like kill yourself in tennis shoes, actually kept me excited to the very "end." I'm interested in seeing what these folks can come up with next time. The story was mostly good, and the production, even for a low budget film, was beautiful. I just hope they can resolve something in their next piece.