Wednesday, December 28, 2016

The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)


IMDb plot summary: A father and son, both coroners, are pulled into a complex mystery while attempting to identify the body of a young woman, who was apparently harboring dark secrets.
Directed by André Øvredal. Starring Emile Hirsch, Brian Cox, Ophelia Lovibond, and Michael McElhatton.

(Spoilers.)

For the first 2/3 of this movie, it's an interesting one-location horror flick that starts casual and builds to more and more ominous moments, and it works for the most part. The movie is smart about what it shows us and what it leaves up to the audience to interpret through their imagination, and I found myself genuinely unsettled. Sadly, this falls apart in the last third of the film, where the answer makes zero sense. Was she innocent or was she not? Was her revenge sated or was it not? It's especially unfortunate given how interesting everything before it was. A promising beginning and a disappointing finish.

2.5 stars.

The Autopsy of Jane Doe > Wedding Crashers
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < Kill Bill Vol. 1
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < Thor
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < Batman Forever
The Autopsy of Jane Doe > Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < The Secret of NIMH
The Autopsy of Jane Doe > Two Weeks Notice
The Autopsy of Jane Doe > The 'Burbs
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < Million Dollar Baby
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < City Lights
The Autopsy of Jane Doe < Killing Season
The Autopsy of Jane Doe > The Forbidden Kingdom

Final spot: #1167 out of 2555.

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