Three years after the death of Frank's wife, a mysterious woman
appears. As their attraction grows, Frank struggles with reality and his
loss. He then tries to start over, not knowing that his choices could lead to
his own downfall.
What starts off with a strong, attention grabbing
first scene, quickly dissolves into one of those lackluster films
that you are constantly checking on how much time is left. The general
story of Delusion is decent, though it may be a
familiar plot. This is one of those movies you can tell the director (not to be
too harsh) took a couple film classes and learned how to start off on the right
foot but then dumped everything and decided to buy a nice camera to cover up
his lack of other skills. The quality of the camera work is nice and high
definition. You can see every line of detail on everyone's faces.
There's plenty of time to take that in because the camera
lingers on almost every close up and dramatic scene throughout the movie. No exaggeration! They
could shave off five minutes of the film just cutting those
individual shots down. There are some scenes where the camera is handheld and
other scenes where it isn't, not to mention a couple shots where the camera is
annoyingly crooked. Maybe the director wanted that to happen? We can
only hope! When actual effects do take place, they work really well, and
gave a creepy, disorienting feeling. The environments
and overall gist of the film match together and make one eerie, gray
feeling as well.
Alongside shots that never seem to end, there's something
else that seems off through the entirety of the movie. It turns out there
is no music, except in the very first scene, making all of those extended close
ups seem even more awkward. The sound effects that are used, work well and do
not come off as the slightest bit cheesy, though some of the sounds do not
match the actions on screen.
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As far as the acting goes, everyone does a decent job, although
some super emotive scenes do not feel that genuine.
During an emotional break down, the main character seemed to
have almost shrugged it off with slight discomfort. There is also
a fight between two people that is obviously staged, perhaps
by a rejected WWF choreographer. The makeup is well done, and the
fake blood does not look bad. All jokes aside, Delusion is
a nice story and a fair attempt at accomplishing its goals, the
script is strong and does not waste time, just most everything else does. Don't
let this review decide for you. See for yourself and watch this film. You may
disagree.
Delusion is
a film that is written and directed by Christopher Di Nunzio and it stars
actors such as David Graziano (Frank), Jami Tennille (Mary),
and Carlyne Fournier (Isabella).
The film reaches a runtime of eighty five minutes, and was
released at a couple film festivals between August and September, before
its internet release on October 17th, 2016. Most, if
not all of the movie was filmed in Massachusetts.
Score
-Kirsten Anderson