Review of Another Me (2013) by Mandela W — 13 Nov 2016

I have over the last few years become a fan of sophie turner. She is not only one of the most beautiful red heads I've seen in years she is also an growing talent that is gonna be a major a list star as she gets older. She has the potential to evolve and be as big as her X-Men Apocalypse co star Jennifer Lawrence. She did well in that film despite it being bad and has blown up form game of thrones so imagine my disappointment to find out she has had a project that actually was a piece of garbage. Another Me had only one thing going for it, A psychological thriller in a british setting with british actors, don't often see that. However it still ended up being a dreadful viewing experience.

Turner plays Fay a young 16 year old girl who lands a part in her schools play which is Macbeth. At home Fay lives with her father who is handicapped and her mother who has been cheating on him. Fay herself has her own issues that make her very different from the other students. Fay one day begins to experience occurences in which people claim to have seen her in places she has not ever been. she also feels an unnerving presence in certain places. This all throughout the film begins to slowly drive her mad.

Another me is simply a piss pour effort at trying to make a good psychological thriller in britian. The film did actually have a score that was really beautiful and well orchestrated. Really good low key lighting as well at times.

The flaws of this film were very evident. There was no need for narration in this film it would have improved it greatly. sophie turner manages to get across the fact this kid she plays is a bit messed up from her home life situation but she doesn't really get across much else to make us care for her character all she's really saying is "im a messed up child save me." This is the first project of hers that I actually didn't like she doesn't seem to fit the horror genre she needs projects with substance, naturality for her not this generic garbage. its unfortunate but turner is also working with a badly written script and dialogue. I didn't understand the point of her cutting her hair, the reason for her mothers affair nothing really connected together.

This seemed like a waste of time for jonathan rhys Meyers an accomplished actor and rhys ifans. This is movie and their roles in this story are honestly beneath them. They were repeating the same thing in almost every scene. the editing was kinda weird didn't look fluid. the directing was very very bad. too much was going on the story gets lost many times in here. There was even a fight scene that was badly choregraphed. the scenes on the beach were the only decent ones of the film.

Another Me is another horrendous thriller that needs to be flushed down a toilet. stay the hell away from this.