Sunday, 10 March 2019

UNFRIENDED no stars

It was bound to happen. We have now moved from CGI to literally looking at a computer screen and it you think flicking between Facebook and Skype and God-knows-what-else on your actual computer is annoying wait until you see"Unfriended". Actually this movie, which takes place in real time on a computer monitor, moving back and forth between a group of nasty, randy teenagers who are being menaced by an unseen presence, is something of a technical marvel and it does provide the occasional frisson but it's also headache-inducing and hard to sit through. It's actually one of the few films that will look better on your tv or computer screen than in the cinema where the size of the screen just seems out of place or perhaps it's just one of those films that's best not seen at all since the originality of the concept is quickly swallowed up by the silliness of the plot. Amazingly, a sequel is on the way.

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