One of those movies where the time-line gets altered and they try to fool you. Then everybody is shocked by the ending cause they lied to you throughout the film. Besides that, it's a good film. One girl goes missing and when a 2nd one goes missing things get interesting. Small town politics and very inappropriate behavior is the basic theme. 5.6 out of 10.
42 Reviews
Meh
ReelReviewer9119 October 2021
I love a good indie thriller but this one was mediocre at best. It did not live up to the online review hype.
Not bad acting is lacking for this type of movie that relies on the heavy carrying the emotion. Also to long and never really pulls you in.
Keep searching for that next flick to watch imo..
Not bad acting is lacking for this type of movie that relies on the heavy carrying the emotion. Also to long and never really pulls you in.
Keep searching for that next flick to watch imo..
An Engaging Psychological Thriller
nigelgatherer25 September 2021
Low-budget yes, but I was interested in the story and its conclusion. I felt the direction was good, and the actors did their jobs well. There is a plot twist half way through, but really the film is half whodunnit, half straightforward thriller.
Not Bad
gab-6759926 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Also, not great. I didn't know how this movie would go. After the looked in the mirror I honestly didn't guess that would happen. This movie was interesting but at times the acting felt forced or not real. In all, could have been great but it was just an ok phycological drama, not a thriller.
boring
WankerReviews25 September 2021
Crazy is all I know
nogodnomasters4 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Charlie Glass (Robyn Lively) is looking for her missing daughter Lilly. It has been a few years. When the wealthy Carmichael's daughter goes missing, the police suddenly suspect Charlie. Charlie runs a camera shop but spends most of her free time drinking whiskey at Cricket's in Elrod. A reporter (Shanola Hampton) helps Charlie on her quest to find the missing girls.
It was an interesting film. At one point I thought, "could they make this any sadder?" It has more lows than highs.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
It was an interesting film. At one point I thought, "could they make this any sadder?" It has more lows than highs.
Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.
Bad acting
annica-4024924 September 2021
Punches way above its weight class
A_Different_Drummer26 September 2021
The problem must be marketing. Jennifer Lawrence played a similar character in a similar movie and she needed a golf cart to carry home all the awards she got. Lively, known mainly for TV, gives a performance that holds the attention. In fact the entire movie is technically perfect and it engages quite well. In the 1940s this would have been a classic "noir." ((Designated "IMDb Top Reviewer." Please check out my list "167+ Nearly-Perfect Movies (with the occasional Anime or TV miniseries) you can/should see again and again (1932 to the present))
A movie worth watching for a specific audience
garyvines-012908 June 2023
A guilty pleasur of mine, is watching those made-for-televeison moives that are aweful but for some reason you can't stop watching. These come on more often on Lifetime, which my wife will sometime binge watch and I'll pretend to be disintrested, but sometimes get hooked into one along the way. This is what this movie reminded me of. I think I only recognized 1 actress as that I didn't know much about Robin Lively before watching, the actress who played the villian's mother was on designing women a long time ago (another guilty pleasure).
It's about a woman despreate to find her duaghter who had gone missing years ago. When another daughter goes missing the mother is sure (as a gut feeling only) that there is a connection.
Sounds like a made for television movie, there aren't any big named actors in it and the writing is just ok, but theres a bit of a twist that makes this movie more interesting that I won't give away here.
I say watch it. If you don't like it, you can always turn it off.
It's about a woman despreate to find her duaghter who had gone missing years ago. When another daughter goes missing the mother is sure (as a gut feeling only) that there is a connection.
Sounds like a made for television movie, there aren't any big named actors in it and the writing is just ok, but theres a bit of a twist that makes this movie more interesting that I won't give away here.
I say watch it. If you don't like it, you can always turn it off.
That was so god damn bad
nathanmanson21 January 2023
Warning: Spoilers
How can anyone watch this and actually enjoy even 2 minutes of it. It was genuinely the worst film I've seen so far this year, I know it's only January but I've watched a lot of films and this is definitely going to take some topping. The only reason it doesn't get a 1/10 is because I've seen some horror shows in previous years.
It was full of cliches, I literally called what was going to happen from the get go with her being old and it happened years ago. Then they tried chucking big curve ball at the end which was just embarrassing honestly. I assume this is the first film the writers have ever written.
Honestly don't waste your time with it, it's a genuine huge waste of time.
It was full of cliches, I literally called what was going to happen from the get go with her being old and it happened years ago. Then they tried chucking big curve ball at the end which was just embarrassing honestly. I assume this is the first film the writers have ever written.
Honestly don't waste your time with it, it's a genuine huge waste of time.
Plot twist!
andresenjulie28 September 2021
Usually I can guess a movies ending in the first 30 minutes.. not this one! Great writing, flashbacks, transitions and lighting. Strong female leads and superb acting from them. Once things start unfolding it takes you through multiple turns. Great indie film!
Nearly, not quite.
mattfrancis-602544 February 2023
Picked this up in the supermarket regrettably. A slow-burning suspense thriller you'd say but disappointing. The opening ten minutes or so looked promising and after that lacklustre. Too much screen time for the lead plain Jane, overly pushed accents got in the way, voiceover from the head somewhat off-putting.
You get up to the first sherif scene and it's silly. Bar scene after laughable. Poor editing throughout, aimed for eerie and mysterious yet didn't come off and so cinematically not good. Just too much wrong with the execution from the actors and the director.
Also, is the lead meant to be with the other younger woman or what because that wasn't very interesting either. Queue more annoying characters, some flashbacks, just a no from me.
You get up to the first sherif scene and it's silly. Bar scene after laughable. Poor editing throughout, aimed for eerie and mysterious yet didn't come off and so cinematically not good. Just too much wrong with the execution from the actors and the director.
Also, is the lead meant to be with the other younger woman or what because that wasn't very interesting either. Queue more annoying characters, some flashbacks, just a no from me.
Couldn't bear watching to the end
Valid_ID14 March 2022
It's such a predictable movie with all the extremely PC elements thrown in, that for me was a waste of time watching, so I quit half-way through.
You've got the lesbian couple, which adds nothing to the story by being gay, the mixed-race partnership, the poor woman who is a victim of incompetent police, an African-American journalist wearing heavy make-up, and acting rudely, and pissed all the time, the hatred for religion, and the rich, evil perpetrator.
With these elements, you can imagine the story; it's been told numerous times, and hammered into us by media and #MeToo movement over and over again.
You've got the lesbian couple, which adds nothing to the story by being gay, the mixed-race partnership, the poor woman who is a victim of incompetent police, an African-American journalist wearing heavy make-up, and acting rudely, and pissed all the time, the hatred for religion, and the rich, evil perpetrator.
With these elements, you can imagine the story; it's been told numerous times, and hammered into us by media and #MeToo movement over and over again.
Worth a watch
jazz_k-0913715 February 2023
I generally watch only movies which have a rating of 6.0 and above so I thought I'd give this movie a go.
It certainly has its twists and turns in the movie which I enjoyed especially if you are trying to work out how the movie will play out. Its hard to predict at times. Not A listed stars acting in the film, but felt they played a good role. Looking for a missing child is the main aspect but there is more to the story which is revealed during the movie. Its on amazon prime under the name of "disappearance at lake elrod."
If you like twists and turns in movies, this movie is definitely for you. It's nothing special hence my rating is only 6, but worth a watch.
It certainly has its twists and turns in the movie which I enjoyed especially if you are trying to work out how the movie will play out. Its hard to predict at times. Not A listed stars acting in the film, but felt they played a good role. Looking for a missing child is the main aspect but there is more to the story which is revealed during the movie. Its on amazon prime under the name of "disappearance at lake elrod."
If you like twists and turns in movies, this movie is definitely for you. It's nothing special hence my rating is only 6, but worth a watch.
Boring
o_kudaimati4 October 2021
you will never...
ops-525351 October 2021
Stop becoming confused by this gerontopsychological thriller, abouta disappearance, and then another one in a small community deep in the southern heartlands, with hardwood meadows and hills that makes everything look so dusk and dark even in daylight.
The next confusement is what youre meant to believe as flashbacks, that must be a hillbillie moment for every dementiadamned movieviewer, and the lack of timeline really make you feel loosing track on time.
The most confusive moment for a grumpy old man was the shapeshifting and all pivoting moment of the plot, no further elaboration to that.
Its a complex movie, its filled with a lot of ''you never know for sure'' moments, it has intensity, but lack the deepness of true life and real life human behavioral demeanors. Its like the fog of war, whos the friend and whos the foe, the choice of shapeshifting methods could be discussed, should they cast another actor or use some more advanced make up. Also the law enforcement has some dramatic and fatal glitches, usually in a omnious setting an officer would actually shoot before the weapon is drawn (ive watched to many bodycam documentaries).
Allthough confused i can tell that the filmo and editingtablecraftmanship is of high standard, and it has a happy ending...i think...or are there still some secrets/ swines hidden between the logs. Im still standing on the pivots crankshaft on recommending...
The next confusement is what youre meant to believe as flashbacks, that must be a hillbillie moment for every dementiadamned movieviewer, and the lack of timeline really make you feel loosing track on time.
The most confusive moment for a grumpy old man was the shapeshifting and all pivoting moment of the plot, no further elaboration to that.
Its a complex movie, its filled with a lot of ''you never know for sure'' moments, it has intensity, but lack the deepness of true life and real life human behavioral demeanors. Its like the fog of war, whos the friend and whos the foe, the choice of shapeshifting methods could be discussed, should they cast another actor or use some more advanced make up. Also the law enforcement has some dramatic and fatal glitches, usually in a omnious setting an officer would actually shoot before the weapon is drawn (ive watched to many bodycam documentaries).
Allthough confused i can tell that the filmo and editingtablecraftmanship is of high standard, and it has a happy ending...i think...or are there still some secrets/ swines hidden between the logs. Im still standing on the pivots crankshaft on recommending...
Through Nothing Actually
jonasatmosfera8 January 2022
This is one of those somewhat artsy-fartsy indie movies where nothing happens most of the time.
The writers, of course, think they are presenting something profound, but their writing is as deep as a rain puddle in the middle of the Sahara. They think that by broaching controversial subjects or embracing the usual agendas they will show how important or relevant their little opus is. But, as usual, this is not the case.
What we have here, as usual, is a ludricous and contrived plot that devolves to a final twist( the writers need to show that they are smart, right?). Actresses seem to plod through the story with bad acting and the whole thing is presented in a soporific way. But, in the end, of course, we are presented with the twist. And the villain is, of course, who you thought the villain would be, or wanted to be.
It is a movie tailored to the folks who see the world through tunnel vision.
The writers, of course, think they are presenting something profound, but their writing is as deep as a rain puddle in the middle of the Sahara. They think that by broaching controversial subjects or embracing the usual agendas they will show how important or relevant their little opus is. But, as usual, this is not the case.
What we have here, as usual, is a ludricous and contrived plot that devolves to a final twist( the writers need to show that they are smart, right?). Actresses seem to plod through the story with bad acting and the whole thing is presented in a soporific way. But, in the end, of course, we are presented with the twist. And the villain is, of course, who you thought the villain would be, or wanted to be.
It is a movie tailored to the folks who see the world through tunnel vision.
"You have to wonder, when everything looks perfect on the outside,what's hiding underneath."
morrison-dylan-fan5 August 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Nearing the end of viewing the feature films from the Soho Horror Film Festival weekend dedicated to LGBT film makers,I decided to search round online for info about the titles,where I found that this was the movie generating the most discussions, which led to me going through the looking glass.
Note:This review contains plot details.
View on the film:
Following Charlie for years going down gravel roads and exploring the corners of every smoke-filled bar-room on the outskirts of town looking for her missing young daughter, co-writer (with Susan Graham)/ director Lauren Fash makes an astonishing feature film debut,thanks to closely working with cinematographer Damian Horan to cover Charlie's search with the thick fog of Southern Gothic atmosphere hanging over her, swaying in chillingly stilted wide-shots across the empty outskirts,and in striking close-ups,which subtly reflect the haze of a unreliable memory that Charlie is grasping at.
Scattering reflective surfaces across the background and in sequences expertly edited by Adriaan van Zyl & Lisa Zeno Churgin, fleeting dovetailed flashbacks to the memories Charlie still have of her daughter, Fash grips the memories Charlie holds most dear, and threads them into an incredibly complex,ultra-stylised arc shot, which horrifyingly, unveils a twist which completely changes the perspective of the events which had proceeded it.
Haunted when awake and asleep by the disappearance of her daughter, Robyn Lively gives a fantastic performance as Charlie, carrying the pain and anguished from the years searching in the darkness, and the complete cold shoulder the locals give to her, due to fingers remained pointed at Charlie as the suspect, and rampant, violent homophobia due to Charlie being a lesbian.
Threading together all the fragments of clues Charlie has found over the years, the screenplay by Fash and Graham pours out a rich Southern Gothic Horror mystery, filling the decayed bars and clubs with locals who attack Charlie with grotesque dialogue, when she digs in with questions about whispers going round town,as Charlie steps through the glass darkly.
Note:This review contains plot details.
View on the film:
Following Charlie for years going down gravel roads and exploring the corners of every smoke-filled bar-room on the outskirts of town looking for her missing young daughter, co-writer (with Susan Graham)/ director Lauren Fash makes an astonishing feature film debut,thanks to closely working with cinematographer Damian Horan to cover Charlie's search with the thick fog of Southern Gothic atmosphere hanging over her, swaying in chillingly stilted wide-shots across the empty outskirts,and in striking close-ups,which subtly reflect the haze of a unreliable memory that Charlie is grasping at.
Scattering reflective surfaces across the background and in sequences expertly edited by Adriaan van Zyl & Lisa Zeno Churgin, fleeting dovetailed flashbacks to the memories Charlie still have of her daughter, Fash grips the memories Charlie holds most dear, and threads them into an incredibly complex,ultra-stylised arc shot, which horrifyingly, unveils a twist which completely changes the perspective of the events which had proceeded it.
Haunted when awake and asleep by the disappearance of her daughter, Robyn Lively gives a fantastic performance as Charlie, carrying the pain and anguished from the years searching in the darkness, and the complete cold shoulder the locals give to her, due to fingers remained pointed at Charlie as the suspect, and rampant, violent homophobia due to Charlie being a lesbian.
Threading together all the fragments of clues Charlie has found over the years, the screenplay by Fash and Graham pours out a rich Southern Gothic Horror mystery, filling the decayed bars and clubs with locals who attack Charlie with grotesque dialogue, when she digs in with questions about whispers going round town,as Charlie steps through the glass darkly.
Tragic story and a great performance
avindugunasinghe20 July 2022
A mourning mother a lonely soul brought to life flawlessly by Robyn Lively. Story is immersive and heartbreaking but with all the excellent work it's message is on toxicity of prejudices and that lives flourish in places unheard of when blessed with love.
Bad wig worse storyline
natalietoi7 June 2022
Intense...I loved it.
Vanindel-197625 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Didn't know what to expect. Seemed a little hum-drum at first, but the attention to detail in the characters was superb, and the twist towards the end left me in tears. Heart-wrenching film, albeit not an original plot.
6.7
imizrahi20027 November 2023
Ok...nothing more...
it's decent for a low budget movie...but i found the story a bit trite/ not very imaginative...but, overall, it wasn't bad. Still, of course, there will be reviewers who are only out to trash, pretty much, whatever they look at. So it goes.
THEN there's the one time reviewer who gives the movie an undeserved ten. Gee...i wonder who THEY knew in the production... this, in itself, is the triteness of imdb reviews and one must learn to read between the lines... i think this would fit under the 'good for a rainy afternoon without much else to do or watch' category...some ok tv movie or rental.
THEN there's the one time reviewer who gives the movie an undeserved ten. Gee...i wonder who THEY knew in the production... this, in itself, is the triteness of imdb reviews and one must learn to read between the lines... i think this would fit under the 'good for a rainy afternoon without much else to do or watch' category...some ok tv movie or rental.
Snooze Fest
jm-vincent21 April 2022
You'll know in the first 10 minutes if this is the kind of flick you want to watch. If it is, you'll love it. If it isn't....find something else, but don't be as stubborn as I was and have it on for its full length. (I say "keep it on" because I did spreadsheet work after the first 1/2 hour with this on in the background waiting for it to become engaging...which for me it never did.) It felt like a Lifetime movie on steroids; all drama, balance of no happiness to be found, everyone miserable or antagonistic. Did nothing for me but provide a distraction that helped me concentrate on my work more.
I don't think I'm going to remember this.
paulclaassen30 December 2022
Blake Lively stars as Charlie. Her young daughter went missing a year ago and there is still no trace of her. Charlie believes she is not getting help from the police because she is in a lesbian relationship.
Charlie is having trouble remembering things. The medication she is taking makes her see things that aren't real, and soon she finds it difficult to distinguish between reality and her visions. When another young girl, Elodie Carmichael, goes missing, she is convinced there is a connection, and a conspiracy going on in town. All evidence point to Trip Carmichael (Michael Trucco), but Charlie herself becomes a suspect.
This mystery thriller is a bit slow moving and also not quite as interesting as I would have liked it to be. It is a heartbreaking story of loss, longing, heartache, and illness. The climax is a bit confusing, though. 'Through the Glass Darkly' is a well made film with good performances, but I doubt I'm going to remember it.
Charlie is having trouble remembering things. The medication she is taking makes her see things that aren't real, and soon she finds it difficult to distinguish between reality and her visions. When another young girl, Elodie Carmichael, goes missing, she is convinced there is a connection, and a conspiracy going on in town. All evidence point to Trip Carmichael (Michael Trucco), but Charlie herself becomes a suspect.
This mystery thriller is a bit slow moving and also not quite as interesting as I would have liked it to be. It is a heartbreaking story of loss, longing, heartache, and illness. The climax is a bit confusing, though. 'Through the Glass Darkly' is a well made film with good performances, but I doubt I'm going to remember it.
Underrated in my opinion
welemons-8746110 August 2022
So many didn't like this, but I loved it. It did start off a bit slow, but the twist actually surprised me and that rarely happens. If you like film noir and stories that make you think this is definitely one to try. If you're looking for bubble gum for the brain (and we all do sometimes) look elsewhere.
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