Regression

Saturday 17th October 2015: 21:10: Bolton

The Hermoine School of Acting award being done to perfection by it's founder

Regression starts with a title card stating that the following film is "inspired" by true events, and the closing card says, everything was make believe and nonsense.  This is not a plot spoiler as firstly there is no plot to spoil and secondly the dialogue and attempt at a thriller falls short as soon as Emma Watson starts reading her lines (she sure doesn't act)

Ethan Hawk plays the same down beaten detective as we have been accustomed to, and he is dragged into a possible satanical abuse ritualistic case in which a 17 year old girl has been allegedly suspect to foul play.  With rising suspicion of everyone and twists and turns a plenty, Regression should have been at least semi interesting...it wasn't

I found myself becoming aware of how uncomfortable seat J14 was, how much vimto I had left in my drink bottle and wondering how many lights were on in the cinema rather than the ridiculous intrigue on screen.  I stayed with the film till the conclusion hoping for something that I didn't expect from the start, i could have left after 10 minutes and still have experienced the full film.

At least Hermoine showed us she still has it though, the perfect skill of not bothering to act at all and getting away with it.