Review of Compliance (2012) by Steven G — 27 Jun 2013

This movie blew my mind....not only was it a true story, which I actually already knew about from CNN, but when they say truth is stranger than fiction, it is SO true....

At the beginning of the film, one can kinda of understand why the manager might follow the orders of who she thinks is a police officer on the phone, take the girl, ask her question, even search her purse and pockets....I would think most people would have to common sense not to do that, but you could at least understand how someone might not. However, when the caller starts asking for more and more inappropriate things to be done to the girl, everyone in their sane mind has to question not only why the manager (and others) would do such things, but why the girl just does not say screw this and leave. I personally would have taken my chances with the police. It begs the question about blind authority and why we are so fast to trust someone we know nothing about. Very reminiscent of the Milgram Experiment....but just as scary.

As far as the actual making of a movie goes, it was well paced and well acted, no time to get bored. Worth a watch.