The Good Neighbor
The Good Neighbor
R | 16 September 2016 (USA)
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Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.

Reviews
Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Ploydsge just watch it!
Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.
Supelice Dreadfully Boring
BOGEMSKY Until shortly before the end, it does not differ much from your typical thriller for teenagers, those that include technological devices (cell phones, cameras, etc ...), in addition to, of course, stupid teenagers.The end almost redeems it. I say almost, because the rest is an average movie.
beorhhouse Not a big fan of the 'footage' style film, but overlooking that aspect, the storyline is important because it stresses how our perceptions of people and situations define our realities and thus what we think, say, and do. The story could have been told in a shorter period of time, however. Love the powerful Black presences.
davideo-2 STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning Suburban teenagers Ethan (Logan Miller) and Sean (Keir Gilchrist) are weary of their grouchy old neighbour Mr Grainey (James Caan) who lives across the street, and decide to invade his home and install devices everywhere, in order to spy on him and play a series of pranks. However, they have underestimated this old codger, and events build up to take a terrifying and shattering turn.This latest The Blair Witch Project/Paranormal Activity inspired effort takes the formula in a perverse direction, and has some contrasting central characters in the shape of two young ones/one old one, and plugs the generational gap together in a fundamentally unsettling tale of early on-set psychosis and reclusive paranoia. Sadly, none of it really builds up to a very satisfying whole.A forgotten actor in recent years, Caan has the same steely eyed, unnerving presence he had in his younger years, and precisely because of his age, he's able to apply it in a different, more unique way now. Miller and Gilchrist come off as little more than just your standard teenage brats. But it's not the performances that weigh this down, as much as the far fetched nature of the story and the lack of coherent storytelling that do, building up to an ending that, though unexpected and affecting, sadly doesn't lift it up any.This is one neighbour you could comfortably avoid going to check up on. **
morrison-dylan-fan Whilst talking to a friend about what Grunge bands she has been listening to,I decided to ask about what movies she has recently seen,and was told about a Thriller on Netflix UK. Recognising the title from a very good review by Kim Newman in Empire magazine, I decided to pay a neighbourly visit.The plot:Deciding to make their own secret "social experiment" film,Ethan and Sean break into the house of loner neighbour Harold Grainey,in order to plant hidden cameras and other electronic devices around in order to make Grainey believe the house is haunted . Over the next few weeks,Ethan and Sean spend all their waking hours watching Grainey. Desperate to wind Grainey up,the guys use devices that create random power cuts,and even break the windows. Believing that they have a camera in every part of his life,Ethan and Sean soon discover a secret door in Grainey's life that they want to unlock. View on the film:Picking up the camera for a feature film debut after spending years working on major blockbusters as a concept artist,director Kasra Farahani displays a striking artistry for various film formats,with the footage "shot" by Ethan and Sean being given a low-res Video grit,that neatly counters the slick digital format that spans the houses of the guys and Grainey. Recording a mix of genres,Farahani & cinematographer Alexander Alexandrov give the voyeurism of Ethan and Sean an intelligent twist,where the traditional sexual undertone is exchanged for an obsession similar to internet trolling,where the guys want to make their "haunting" troll Grainey to the point where it controls his life.Recording Sean and Ethan starting out on their film project,the screenplay by Mark Bianculli and Jeff Richard give the Found Footage genre a psychological horror dominance,with Sean and Ethan's recordings capturing every waking (and sleeping) moment of Grainey. Looking into each room of Grainey's life,the writers brilliantly turn the Home Invasion Thriller genre round,with it being the things on the outside,and not the "monster" seen inside that are the real terror. Joined by a terrific,short-fuse Logan Miller and Keir Gilchrist as Sean and Ethan, James Caan gives a fantastic performance as Harold Grainey. Speaking a limited amount of dialogue,Cann gives Grainey a ticking time bomb facial expressions,that also carry the weight of what is in the unknown room,of this good neighbour.