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Old 02-13-2012, 10:41 AM
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Absentia (2011)





Huge thank you to Roshiq, who mentioned this movie in his list of Top Horror Movies of 2010/2011. This is a great little horror gem with ridiculously tight acting and a refreshingly original script. It's rare nowadays that you have a horror movie that really spends time on character development (Innkeepers comes to mind as one of the recent exceptions), and it's refreshing when it happens - In Absentia, you truly get to know your two main characters, Callie and Tricia - These are truly real women with baggage that you can truly sympathize with. Their relationship is also incredibly well-done to the point where, at the end of the movie, I really didn't want to let them go. That doesn't happen very often.

This is definitely a slow-burner, and for those of you who can't tolerate low-budget, this is definitely not for you... However, this movie does a LOT on its limited budget to build characters, suspense, pathos, and a really interesting storyline.

Recommended.

3.75/5.


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Rio (2011)





Unfunny, poorly written, painfully formulaic, and oddly racist at times. What a waste of some gorgeous animation.

2/5.
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