'Unsane': Mixed data points . . .

Posted by Billy Wonka (A) on March 25, 2018 at 14:59:55

Soderbergh latches onto another scam worthy of exposure, lays it out, then confuses us with a very flaky victim. (Much the same as 'Side Effects').

Foy (Sawyer) is a very high-strung and forceful person who claims to have been stalked for a number of years. She decides to drop by a local mental health clinic "just to talk to someone". The interviewer asks if she had ever thought about harming herself and she is affirmative and supplies her thoughts on the situation. Next comes the paperwork for her "next appointment" and suddenly finds she has voluntarily committed herself for 24-hours. Now some bad behavior really comes out and the clinic invokes their own 7-day assessments because of her "violence".

Nate, a junkie working through thirty days, pulls her aside and explains exactly what the scam it. Clinics do this all over in order to charge insurance then usually release after seven days. Does Sawyer settle down? Not on Nate's best advice and especially since her stalker is now working in the clinic passing out pills! (Or is he?)

This film is a mild roller coaster and keeps you in the game. You are required to suspend disbelief and it works if you do so.

Foy and cast were spot on. Jay Pharoah (Nate) was great as the laid-back, together "inmate" who tries to help Sawyer to keep it together. Amy Irving (where's she been?) was good as her concerned, upset mother. You pull for Sawyer at times then drawback at times. Sawyer just may be a sick puppy after all.

I appreciated the on-going drama of being entrapped into "observation" with some real loonies surrounding her (Juno Temple). And puzzled as we begin to see Sawyer's behavior grow worse day after day.

This is a cable, Redbox kind of thing.

3.5 wonks
1 wank for not being as good as it could have been

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7KZrt_cHH0 (Open in New Window)

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Topic - 'Unsane': Mixed data points . . . - Billy Wonka 14:59:55 03/25/18 (2)

RE: 'Unsane': Mixed data points . . . - fantja 22:48:46 03/25/18 (0)

PS. Shot on . . . - Billy Wonka 15:02:03 03/25/18 (0)

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