Anna (2013)
Synopsis:
A man with the ability to enter people’s 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.
Cast & Crew:
Mark Strong – John Washington
Saskia Reeves – Michelle Greene
Richard Dillane – Robert
Indira Varma – Judith Morrow
Noah Taylor – Peter Lundgren
Alberto Ammann – Tom Ortega
Brian Cox – Sebastian
Molly Stein – Daniela Hooper
Marc Padró – Intruder
Frida Palsson – Anna Washington
Aisha Prigann – Marjorie
Taissa Farmiga – Anna Greene
Sanny van Heteren – Samantha Harris
Director: Jorge Dorado Writers: Guy Holmes, Martha Holmes
Mini Review:
*** SPOILERS BELOW ***
This isn’t usually the type of movie I watch, watching the trailer I thought it leaned more towards horror than a psychological thriller but I was wrong. This was one of those movies that keep you guessing throughout the whole movie and when you think you know what’s going on you don’t.
I would have rated it 5 out of 5 if I didn’t figure out what was going on at the beginning of the movie. The movie is about a mind the is a mind detective, as in he enters peoples minds to bring out memories. There is a 16-year-old girl Anna that decides to go on a hunger strike so her wealthy parents call in the mind detective to help her end her strike. Which to me really didn’t make sense, why have a mind detective for that? Anyway, as he is going through her memories he uncovers a lot more disturbing things, or so you think. Is Anna really letting her see her memories or is she creating fake memories for him?
A couple of things that bothered me was inconsistencies in some of the details. When the detective went to talk to one of Anna’s classmates she said there was no Mousey at their school. But when the detective looked in the yearbook there was a Mousey, it just wasn’t who Anna said it was. Just little details like that, that drives me nuts. Even with that though it’s a really good movie and worth the watch.
