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If there is a movie that is not convincing, this is one of them. I am a little surprised at Ricci being in this, and not surprised that Cusack is. What ever happened to Cusack, are these the only parts on offer to him these days? The movie starts off OK, then folds beneath your eyes. In fact, I was laughing from when Cusack entered the scene. I am blaming the director and editing on this. He is just terrible. The scenes with him are trying to empasise intrigue and mystery and ended up a shambles. Really, I can't say much more, becasue in reality, the movie dosen't deserve it. I'm giving 5 stars for Ricci's sake.

source: Distorted

DISTORTED is a lamentably bad thriller that goes for the psychological approach but turns out to be a complete waste of time for viewers. A tired-looking Christina Ricci plays a wife who moves into a high tech building only to become convinced that she's being stalked and spied on by strangers. It's embarrassingly low budget throughout, and the worst thing is that the supposed scare sequences rely on flashing images seemingly designed to induce an epileptic fit in the viewer. I had my suspicions when I saw Brendan Fletcher's name in the cast - he's forever soured by his association with Uwe Boll - and as for John Cusack, he appears in little more than an extended cameo. Bad stuff indeed, even by B-flick standards.

Who cares about dialogue! Not that it mattered in this film since it was so inanely stupid. Fortunately, there were no subtitles; poor audio level control; poor enunciation by actors(?). Other signs of bad: Scenes of people in car driving on road - cheap filler; background music/sound effects annoyingly blatant & used as crutch for boring nothing going on scenes; scenes of apartment building in which clouds in background do not move. Script: Nothing creative in this redux of mind control through subliminal tele messages, and droning sound. (Here are some of the subliminal's - failure, transgressor, flawed, worthless, weak, broken, obey, eliminate, assassinate, kill, all interspersed w/death images). Stupid predictable ending.

Oh dear what has happened with John constantly doing terrible movies, and any movie that disguises terrible scenes behind excessive flashing lights is a no no.

The movie had a semi original plot ,, i really had high hopes for it ,, seeing Christina Ricci out there ... but still even with a surprising twist at the end ,, the movie didn't really deliver and in short was not good ... at all . Christina Ricci did a fine job, even John Cusack gave me a glims of hope but the script was way off .. and was so disconnected .. had a lot of gaps even with all of these flashbacks and distorted images which were suppose to highlight the thrill element ..all were just a blank shots. Final though ,, i think one of the main problems is Arne Olsen was away from writing for almost 8 years so he did not really rise to the occasion and trying to patch it up with Rob King directing didn't do much help... Not recommended-.

This film tells the story of a woman who is paranoid of her new home. The film starts off mysterious and suspenseful, but as time goes on it becomes more unbelievable. The ending even becomes ridiculous and far fetched. The constant quick flashes of unnerving scenes got to me as well, and I often had to close my eyes for fear of taking in to much negativity. It is a sub-par B movie, and I feel sorry that Christina Ricci is in it.

The directing was the most redeeming part of this film. The concept was interesting but failed to deliver within the screenplay, particularly with it's slow pace, dragged out scenes, and convoluted plot issues. The constant depressing score created more aggravation than suspense. The characters were very bland, stale and robotic. John Cusack's character was overly sketchy and detracted form the overall film. His character would have been better cast with another actor. Had the producers chosen to tweak/edit the final cut, it could have shown better and perhaps held the viewers attention. I feel this film had potential, but the end result was distorted. It's a 6/10 from me.

This movie just doesn't work. You will find yourself fast-forwarding through it, hoping for a scene with some action or meaning. There is no such scene. Just some mindless psycho-babble. Christina Ricci is lifeless and depressing. John Cusack's character is a caricature and a fool. And that condominium building is low-budget animation; a silly drawing. Rating 1 star, because IMDb doesn't give the option of Zero stars.

The description looked intriguing but it didn't live up to the expectation. I was mostly bored and the story wasn't interesting. It started slow and didn't explain things like why everyone scratched their neck or the significance of "Beautiful Dreamer" playing a lot.