{"id":22808,"date":"2016-10-17T04:28:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-17T08:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=22808"},"modified":"2016-10-17T04:09:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-17T08:09:25","slug":"the-master-cleanse-2016-brooklyn-horror-film-festival-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/17\/the-master-cleanse-2016-brooklyn-horror-film-festival-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The Master Cleanse (2016) [Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2016]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"the-master-cleanse\"<\/a>In the hope of letting go of the past and of heartbreak, Paul goes on a retreat where he undertakes a \u201cmaster cleanse\u201d that cleanses him of more than just toxins. Writer\/director Bobby Miller creates a film that is equal parts drama and comedy while having some fantasy and horror elements.\u00a0 The way he mixes both works very well here and he manages to reach that ideal balance between both while creating a story that is good and well developed.\u00a0 The characters he creates are relatable and easy to care about, especially the lead.\u00a0 His characters, the leads in particular, are people with issues and needs to be accepted and to move on with their lives.\u00a0 Of course, the situation they find themselves in is a bit ridiculous, but the way it\u2019s written makes it work.<\/p>\n

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These character fall for a cleanse that is supposed to rid them of everything negative in them and it does not cost them anything.\u00a0 As it too good to be true, surprises pop up along the way.\u00a0 The film adds these in in a manner that they almost make sense at first, and then the viewer can simply accept the fantasy element and move along the story with the leads.\u00a0 The fantasy element is well written into the story although not fully explained, which works in its favor.<\/p>\n

The lead here is Paul, a man who is heartbroken, living in a crappy apartment, and seemingly at a dead end in his life.\u00a0 When he sees the infomercial for Let\u2019s Get Pure, he decides to give it a try as he has nothing to lose.\u00a0 This part is played by Johnny Galecki, playing him as an awkward man who just needs something to go his way to give him some hope to hang onto.\u00a0 He plays him in a way that makes the viewers forget that they see him as the same character so often and that to some, he is Leonard on The Big Bang Theory.\u00a0 He gives a sad performance that turns sweet as the film advances.\u00a0 His character\u2019s arc is decent in the short time that he spends at the retreat.<\/p>\n

Playing opposite him in a lot of his scenes is Anna Friel as Maggie, a character that starts off rather unlikable and then becomes more likable, and then she goes back and forth a bit for this reviewer.\u00a0 Her performance has some charm in the right spots and she does give good counterpart to Galecki.\u00a0 A surprising presence in the film is Anjelica Huston as Lily the lady who runs the retreat while the man behind it makes his way there.\u00a0 Her performance steals the scenes she\u2019s in as she usually does.<\/p>\n

The fantasy element, without being fully spoiled, is damn right adorable.\u00a0 Those things are great, well design, and very well made.\u00a0 Special effects supervisor Barry Hebein with special makeup effects technician Shelagh McIver and mold maker Michael Nickiforek, and effects lab artist Sarah Pickersgill pull off the cutest things this side of Jim Henson.\u00a0 Their work looks fantastic on the screen and it shows great talent.\u00a0 This work is helped the talented puppeteers behind these things, Nicholas Podbrey and Matt Phillips.\u00a0 Their work all together creates great effects and creatures.<\/p>\n

The Master Cleanse is a drama\/comedy that brings elements of fantasy and horror to great results.\u00a0 The fantasy element is brought to the film by the cutest little beings that should make anyone with a heart and love to prcatical effects fall in love with them.\u00a0 The adorable factor teamed with good performance, an appearance by Anjelica Huston, and rather relatable characters create a film that is quite enjoyable to watch.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Horror Film Festival had its first edition on October 14th<\/sup> through October 16th<\/sup>, 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the hope of letting go of the past and of heartbreak, Paul goes on a retreat where he undertakes a \u201cmaster cleanse\u201d that cleanses him of more than just toxins. Writer\/director Bobby Miller creates a film that is equal parts drama and comedy while having some fantasy and horror elements.\u00a0 The way he mixes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12],"tags":[219,302,349,477],"class_list":["post-22808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-halloween-horror-month","category-movie-reviews","tag-comedy","tag-drama","tag-fantasy","tag-horror"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22808"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22810,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22808\/revisions\/22810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}