Plot
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Release Year: 2013
Rating: 6.4/10 (3,433 voted)
Critic's Score: 44/100
Director: Jorge Dorado
Stars: Mark Strong, Taissa Farmiga, Brian Cox
Storyline
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Writers: Guy Holmes, Martha Holmes
Cast: Taissa Farmiga -
Anna
Indira Varma -
Judith
Mark Strong -
John
Noah Taylor -
Peter Lundgren
Brian Cox -
Sebastian
Clare Calbraith -
Jaime
Jessica Barden -
Mousey
Saskia Reeves -
Michelle Greene
Richard Dillane -
Robert Greene
Sanny van Heteren -
Samantha Harris
Rod Hallett -
Detective Worner
Alberto Ammann -
Tom Ortega
Frida Palsson -
Anna Washington
Molly Malcolm -
Antonia Clarke -
Susan
Taglines:
Don't Let Her In
Country: USA, Spain, France
Language: English
Release Date: 6 June 2014
Filming Locations: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Technical Specs
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User Review
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Rating: 8/10
This movie has a 6.4 rating as of May 2014 which is slightly too low I
think. I give it a 7.5 out of 10. I have noticed that thrillers, unless
they are great thrillers like The Usual Suspects etc.. are scored very
low because of two reasons. Firstly thrillers are general slow paced at
first and build suspense and tension. Some people lose interest
quickly. Secondly, some people just don't get it. Due to the audience
not following the dynamics of the thriller they score it low.
The title Anna is a better title than Mindscape in my opinion because
the story is a personal story about the character Anna and the main
character's memory of his past love also named Anna.
The main concept of Anna is not original and there are little things in
the movies that require you to suspend belief etc etc etc...like all
movies it is not perfect...but I really enjoyed the movie..I think the
acting was great from Mark Strong and the support cast..I didn't know
that the young girl, played by Taissa Farmiga, is the younger sister of
Vera Farmiga. She is excellent.
I think the story was predictable and I would have done something
slightly different to make it less predictable but I can't explain
further without spoiling. Having said that I still really enjoyed the
movie. It is much better than most thrillers out there, some with much
bigger budgets.
Some reviewers have posted on the message board that they didn't like
the details..I loved the details, this is what elevates the movie above
most..it may not always be believable but Hey! we are watching a movie
about a guy who can enter peoples memories, what was everyone
expecting...
It is a really interesting thriller that is well acted and despite
being predictable it has a very clever plot versus underlying plot
script...I recommend it above the majority of thrillers out
there....great work!
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