IMDb plot summary: An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps, but soon suspects that the spa's treatments are not what they seem.
Directed by Gore Verbinski. Starring Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, and Mia Goth.
A Cure for Wellness is a bizarre psychological thriller starring Dane DeHaan as an employee sent to a remote health resort to bring back the finance giant who abruptly checked himself in before a huge merger. The resort seems suspicious, though, with seemingly no residents ever leaving, and so as DeHaan tries to convince his particular target to return, he's also investigating what nefarious things might be happening here. This creates a very unsettling atmosphere of medical horror, which is mostly effective even when the plot itself just completely gives up on making any sense (which is most of the time). The film succeeds best when it leans on its creepy imagery to convey the sense that something is wrong, and it falls furthest when it tries to give us the details about what's going on at this resort. You can see the plot strings start to unravel pretty early, so it's not entirely a surprise when the whole story collapses on itself at the end, but it does make for a very disappointing second half knowing it's not likely to get better. Cut this film down to just its surreal unexplained horrors and this could be an effective 90-minute horror, but as it is, it's bloated with exposition that does nothing for it.
How it entered my Flickchart:
A Cure for Wellness < The Harder They Fall
A Cure for Wellness > Cassandra's Dream
A Cure for Wellness > Dark City
A Cure for Wellness > Venom
A Cure for Wellness > Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam
A Cure for Wellness > Poulenc; Dialogues des Carmelites
A Cure for Wellness > The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
A Cure for Wellness < Something to Sing About
A Cure for Wellness > Hellboy
A Cure for Wellness > Star Trek: Nemesis
A Cure for Wellness > Le Week-End
Final spot: #1772 out of 3514, or 50%.
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