Review of Found (2014) by Lowbrowcinema — 19 Aug 2014
Director Scott Schirmer has crafted a really interesting allegory in FOUND. Perfect young boy suddenly picked on in school discovers his older brother is a serial killer. What to do? Adults and parents are ineffectual.
The world is wrong about everything. Only your brother seems to stand for something. Schirmer's direction is subtle and controlled throughout shocking for a first film and his very nuanced underscoring of the psychosexual underpinnings between brothers, mother and son, father and sons, is downright shocking but so genuine.
FOUND may be the best film I've seen about this moment in an American family. Unfortunately, the film meanders and feels too long at only 80 minutes. With a better budget and a bit more skill, FOUND could have packed the punch of Malick combined with a touch of slasher exploitation.
A lofty compliment indeed. Another big bravo to Hollywood's Arena Cinema for showing us FOUND.
This review of Found (2014) was written by Lowbrowcinema on 19 Aug 2014.
Found has generally received mixed reviews.
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