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Soderbergh's movie kicks off with a hyper-realistic tone, thanks in part to the look of his iPhone photography, as well as the gripping lead performance from Claire Foy. The answer: sure, but that doesn't make Unsane any less dumb. The Oscar-winning director can film projects in secret (and on an iPhone, to boot), work around traditional distribution models and achieve picture lock on the same day he wraps production, and gives the impression that "the creator has a master plan." Surely any sort of foray into schlock is going to be an exercise in genre expectations, right? Right? Maybe that's the intention? Steven Soderbergh, the man behind Traffic and Ocean's 11 and The Knick and Magic Mike is widely regarded as something of a genius. Then - jump scare! - it's actually just another dumb horror movie.Īnd when I mean dumb, I mean A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors-level dumb.īut hold on a minute.

The movie starts like a thriller based in reality, one with a little bit of commentary about the state of American health care, until it takes a hard left. There's a big twist in Unsane, the latest swiftly produced indie from the one-man film virtuoso Steven Soderbergh. To read on and then get in a tiff about this story ruining the movie would be considered by most mental health professionals to be "nuts." The following contains major spoilers for the film Unsane.
