Encounter (Amazon) Movie Review & Comments

[Casimir Harlow]

Riz Ahmed delivers another heartwrenching performance in this unusual psychological sci-fi mystery.
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[DLxP]

That's tonight's viewing sorted - sounds great.

 

[Tom Hyphen]

Excellent review, watched this last night and really enjoyed it.

 

[Tim2049]

Couldn't really get into this. I thought it started off brilliantly, but the cutesy kid stuff, whilst initially adorable, started to become way too repetitive & I'm not sure the film knew exactly what it wanted to be. I waved the white flag after an hour.

 

[keithwiggins]

Riz Ahmed delivers another heartwrenching performance in this unusual psychological sci-fi mystery.
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Thx Cass, a 5 for me, well acted etc but slow, very slow just to much like hardwork, did watch though a very nice film on AMZ last nigh called Cosmos, well worth a watch.

 

[iFi audio]

Looks promising!

 

[nufcfan1]

I rate this mainly because of Ahmed's performance. He truly is one of the best actors around at the moment. The actual story was ok, but it has been done to death in other films/tv shows, and the twist was not all that surprising. Some of the scenes with the kids were quite good, and the cinematography/direction did provide a sense of the isolation the main character felt, but the movie is a 6.5/10 for me.

 

[Fasen]

Good review, will give it a virtual "spin"

 

[Mandark]

I watched this when it first dropped. I thought that the trailers were misleading because they suggested that this would be a Bodysnatchers/Invaders type story. Even the very start of the film suggested something interesting but all we got was a mildly ambiguous psychological drama. I'd question whether the term 'sci-fi' which is used everywhere to label this film is appropriate.

 

[meltonboy]

Looks interesting. Thanks for the review @Casimir Harlow

As a little favour, could i ask that AVF film reviews include their age rating in the title or near the top of the page (pretty please!).

It would just save me showing the trailer to the offspring and then telling them they can't watch it 10 minutes later.

Merry Christmas !

MB

 

[Casimir Harlow]

Looks interesting. Thanks for the review @Casimir Harlow

As a little favour, could i ask that AVF film reviews include their age rating in the title or near the top of the page (pretty please!).

It would just save me showing the trailer to the offspring and then telling them they can't watch it 10 minutes later.

Merry Christmas !

MB

Just hit the specs tab at the top:

 

[GDRAFT]

Sci-fi? This was as much sci-fi as big bang theory is.
This is 2 hours of your life you will never get back.

What a worthless POS

 

[Evinger]

Thanks Cas. Liked Riz Ahmed in Rogue one & like the story premise, so will give this a spin soon

 

[SDMDAM]

I watched this last weekend and what started as a very intriguing prospected ended up being a film that didn't know where to go. 6/10 at best for me which is mainly due to the decent performances from the three leads.

 

[meltonboy]

Just hit the specs tab at the top:

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Thanks !!

I've only been an AVF member for 16 years and had never spotted this before. Great stuff.

MB

 

[james03]

It’s a strange old movie, started off as a sci fi type of film and ends as a father/sons road movie. I enjoyed it enough but just felt it lost itself as it wasn’t quite sure what direction to take.

 

[Morden]

I watched this last week, saw Mark Kermode mention it on BBC and read his spoiler free review. And I like Riz Ahmed as an actor.

His decription of it being, influenced and similar in cinematography to

Spoiler

The Man Who Fell To Earth and Paris Texas, which sold it for me as i really like both of these films

And it was also part road trip/coming of age film

I really enjoyed this film, it was well acted and had a really good plot.

 

[iFi audio]

Sci-fi? This was as much sci-fi as big bang theory is.
This is 2 hours of your life you will never get back.

What a worthless POS

Since when is Big Bang Theory not a sci-fi movie?