Silent House ~ just like the theater.... ZZZzzzzz...

Elizabeth Olsen is breaking into the movie industry. I imagine all stars have a bumpy time at first, and she’s no different. In Silent House, she plays Sarah, an odd young woman who seems to be at odds with something. Problem is the movie never explains it. In a nutshell, this movie sucked. The director tried to be unique with a chasing camera, unfocused kind of thing. At time I swear I thought Sarah was going to smash her face into the camera because it was following too close. It’s hard to watch when the cameraman runs to get in front of a running actor and it appears he drops the camera. It’s OK if you’re watching a show like COPS, but in a motion picture, not so much.

Adam Trese plays John, her dad, and Eric Sheffer Stevens, play Peter, her uncle. Strange things start to happen to Sarah when she becomes trapped in her childhood home….um…ok.. That’s what the trailer says. Look away if you plan on seeing the movie. 

Girl flips out and kills her father and uncle in her neglected childhood home because they molested her as a child. The movie tries to make you believe someone has broken into the house and attacked them, but it fails miserably. Sarah interacts with another woman that later turns out to be herself but in a clumsy way. There's a big goon who walks around in camouflage dragging bodies that also turns out to be Sarah. 

Ok… those who want to see the movie can come back, if there are any. Olsen plays the part of a scared woman very convincingly. I imagine its natural growing up with her sisters. The movie just didn’t make any sense.  I wouldn’t even bother renting it. Bad camera shots, jittery filming, purposely unfocused scenes, and a story that doesn't mean a damn thing. I'm not a fan of "quirky" but maybe you are.

Hopefully Olsen’s streak of quirky want to be movies will end and she can get her career going.