Unsane

If you thought that a move directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Claire Foy might be interesting and at the very least, well-done…..you would be sadly mistaken.  This is actually one of the worst  movies I have seen this year.  There are many reasons for this, but number one is the ridiculous and even laughable script.  Don’t worry that I am giving you spoilers because this movie spoils itself.  After it comes to HBO, Showtime, Netflix or whatever  though, I suggest a drinking game.  Take a drink everytime something improbable happens and you will be drunk in no time!  A few of the ridiculous plot holes:  a fully  functioning mental facility that doesn’t have anyone watching the wards at night, tricks people into admitting themselves, has men and women sleeping in the same open room, puts someone in charge of handing out meds after he accidently (but really intentionally) gives our heroine the wrong drugs causing her to hallucinate, and has unused padded cells in the darkened basement that no one monitors.   The ‘action’ involves Claire, a cubicle drone who had moved 400 miles to Pennsylvania to avoid a stalker.  She is tricked into admitting herself to a psychiatric hospital and ends up trapped there…along with her stalker (there is a PLETHORA of inconsistencies and improbabilities with this thread alone).  Throw in a nurse that makes Nurse Ratchet look like Mother Teresa, 5 or 6 other inmates, a handful of orderlies, one doctor and one administrator-in a facility that pretends to be a full mental heath facility.  When she temporarily gets away, she runs through endless, darkened hallways with not a soul to be seen.  The movie was filmed on an iPhone, and you can tell it was!  I could go on, but I don’t really want to.  If you’re taking a  film course and want to see what to avoid in making your first cinematic effort, this is a good teaching experience!! Otherwise, save your money for  a good book!