Detour Reviews
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- 2017
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 37 m
- 2017
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Harper (Tye Sheridan), a seemingly naive law student, obsesses over the idea that his shifty stepfather was involved in the devastating car crash that left his mother hospitalized and comatose. He drowns his suspicions in whiskey until he finds himself suddenly engrossed in conversation with volatile grifter Johnny (Emory Cohen) and his ...
- 2017
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 37 m
- 2017
- R
- Magnet Releasing
- 1 h 37 m
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Summary Harper (Tye Sheridan), a seemingly naive law student, obsesses over the idea that his shifty stepfather was involved in the devastating car crash that left his mother hospitalized and comatose. He drowns his suspicions in whiskey until he finds himself suddenly engrossed in conversation with volatile grifter Johnny (Emory Cohen) and his ...
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It may be tempting, and not entirely inaccurate, to describe Christopher Smith’s Detour as “Sliding Doors” reimagined by Quentin Tarantino, but this cleverly twisty neo-noir thriller turns out to be more substantial and surprising than such logline shorthand might suggest.
Detour is just film-school-ish synthesis, right down to the cinematography-midterm shot lit through venetian blinds and the anachronistic analog static on the motel room TV—the story of a young man who hates his stepdad so much that he stumbles right into an over-complicated thriller set-up that can only be watched once.
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Το νέο θρίλερ από τον σκηνοθέτη του Triangle! Η νέα του ταινία λοιπόν λέγεται Detour και είναι ένα neo-noir crime θρίλερ με νεανικό cast, στο οποίο επικεφαλής είναι ο Tye Sheridan (ο Cyclops στο X-Men: Apocalypse). Μαζί του οι Emory Cohen, Stephen Moyer και Bel Powley.
Has a B-Movie feel to it. I don't think the performances are good. The narrative structure is the most interesting part
Christopher Smith’s self-consciously stylish genre homage finally feels like a baby film noir, playacting without the requisite bone-deep dread.
What’s painfully clear is that all the artfully composed shots, hinky situations and extra conceptual surprises can’t make this Detour all that compelling beyond its crisp artifice.
The effect of the film becomes not unlike watching a puzzle solve itself without demanding either the audience’s emotional or intellectual investment.
There’s something fresh in Detour, but it’s buried underneath a largely unremarkable movie.
Remarkably pointless movie.
It uses the audience as a tool by having the audience think at all times to comprehend what is going on, but does not succeed as much as other legendary films have in the past.
(Mauro Lanari) A road B movie that the non-linear structure and the continuous twists do not save from complete implausibility.
Production Company Head Gear Films, Bankside Films, Kreo Films FZ, Dan Films, Newscope Films, Metrol Technology
Release Date Jan 20, 2017
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating R
Awards
Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations