I'll say right off that this movie is well made, well filmed, well acted. There's nothing technically wrong with it. My only issue is with the general sub-genre of 'messing with reality' movies... and how, once all the tricks have been played, you're usually left holding a big bag of nothing. Very similar to how I felt about 1408. I'm fine with not having all the answers at the end of a movie, I generally prefer it to whatever nonsense the writers dream up to tie it all together. Still... there needs to be a story... and I'm not sure this movie really has one. Not past the point of 'some bad stuff happened and here it is happening again'. Is there really any point to it? The characters are not fleshed out much at all... they're just there to react to stuff as it happens. Except for the sister's obsession (a plot device) they'd be interchangeable with just about anyone. It's not a 'bad' movie at all... but after all the twisty mind games are over there's just not much to talk about.
Review of Oculus
