{"id":26466,"date":"2017-09-30T13:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T17:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=26466"},"modified":"2017-09-30T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T17:13:27","slug":"charismata-2017-philadelphia-unnamed-film-festival-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/30\/charismata-2017-philadelphia-unnamed-film-festival-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Charismata (2017) [Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival 2017]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>With a divorce and house sale pending, a police detective is put on the case of several ritualistic murders being committed her in town.\u00a0 As she investigates and finds clues, she loses more and more of her mind.<\/p>\n

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Written and directed by Andy Collier and Toor Mian, Charismata is part psychological thriller, part horror, part police procedural and manages to mix the three quite successfully.\u00a0 The story takes its time to get really going and to get the characters to a likable place but it eventually does and at that point, it becomes a fun watch, but before that, every character feels like it was designed to annoy and aggravate.\u00a0 The characters are all somewhat mad or negative about one thing or another, everyone seems to be getting on everyone else\u2019s nerves.\u00a0 This leads to them being mostly unlikable until a bit further into the story once things have started really going.\u00a0 This does lead to the viewer not caring about just about anyone involved for a while, but eventually getting into the film properly.\u00a0 This thankfully leads to a nicely dark place with some interesting developments.<\/p>\n

The cast here seems to be going from annoyed and annoying to decent characters as the film goes along.\u00a0 The character of Rebecca Faraway gets the most screen time and seems to be one who evolves the most in terms of going from a pure ball of negativity to an interesting version of a human during the film.\u00a0 Actress Sarah Beck Mather does good work here, assuming she\u2019s is not an insufferable frustrated women and this is all an act, and she gets the most interesting part of the bunch, which she makes the most of.\u00a0 Her acting is what keeps the viewer interested here while the film develops its story and mystery.\u00a0 Her character gets to have some fun, some fright, and some trauma, which she handles with care and knowledge as to how to pass her emotions to the viewers.<\/p>\n

The film has an interesting look here, created with images by cinematographer Fernando Ruiz and editing by Christopher C.F. Chow.\u00a0 Together with the design departments and careful shots planning, they create interesting visuals which pepper the film here and there.\u00a0 Some of these are worth checking out and sticking around through the start that may make viewers want to turn it off.\u00a0 Thankfully, these images look to be more and more present as the film advances and the annoyances are less and less.<\/p>\n

Charismata has some good ideas and characters that do evolve from not likable to likable and this helps bring the viewer in and make them want to see where this is all going.\u00a0 As the film advances the mystery deepens and keeps things interesting until a fairly powerful ending which makes the entirety of the film feel like a worthwhile watch.<\/p>\n

Charismata is playing at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival on Saturday, September 30th. Tickets can be purchased at https:\/\/filmfreeway.com\/festival\/PhiladelphiaUnnamedFilmFestival\/tickets<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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