A mystery beyond reality.
A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.
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Contemporary, grave, spare and earnest.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Renoon TMDB · Jun 20176/10
**The curious deathtraps of Louis Drax.** This is not what the director is famous for. But still the suspense keeps us hoping for the turnaround at any time. The film was based on the book of the same name. With a decent cast and production, the film somewhat achieved its goal. The screenplay was not that bad, but the contents lacked. Even though it is a mystery theme, you would predict a few things. Not everybody does that, but I did, I figured it out the puzzle at a certain stage of the narration, before it disclosed at the crucial part. It's about a boy in the title name. He has survived many times from the death since he was in foetus. But it seems for the 9th time he was out of the luck. It was not yet game over for him, because he's now in the coma fighting between the life and death. Meanwhile, his recent past was revealed and her mother starts to get close to the doctor who treating him. From all, the biggest suspense is what made him to end in this condition and when the film reaches the final stage, everything comes out with a twist. It's certainly a watchable film, but the quality of preserving the secret was not up to the par what a normal viewer expects from this kind
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Cast
- Jamie DornanDr. Allan Pascal
- Sarah GadonNatalie Drax
- Aaron PaulPeter Drax
- Molly ParkerDalton
- Aiden LongworthLouis Drax
- Oliver PlattDr. Perez
- Barbara HersheyViolet Drax
- Julian WadhamDr. Janek
- Jane McGregorSophie
- Fiona VroomReceptionist
Crew
- Alexandre AjaDirector
- Max MinghellaScreenplay
- Liz JensenNovel
- Maxime AlexandreDirector of Photography
- BaxterEditor
- Tim BricknellProducer
- Alexandre AjaProducer
- Shawn WilliamsonProducer
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