A major letdown. The film is just so toothless until it’s suddenly unfathomably brutal. This is indicative of the tonal problems throughout, and while I’ll avoid spoiling the conclusion in this review, the first word that came to mind as the credits rolled was “pointless.”
My primary critique would be that its central character, Cassie, is neither righteous enough nor unhinged enough for this to work for me. The film is too conflicted about her to pick a lane: Carey…
“When we watched Shane’s movie... I was depressed for a couple of hours at least. I found it deeply offensive. I’m angry, actually, I’m angry. The fact that $850,000 got put into making something that was so egregiously offensive. And not only the material, but actually the fact that $850,000 was put into making that, it made me angry... The amount of time that I spent watching Shane’s film I will never get back in my life, and I am resentful of that. This kid had $850,000 and all he managed to do was make smut." (Z. Quinto, 2014)
