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      Elsewhere

      R 2009 1 hr. 46 min. Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 34% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score A teenager (Anna Kendrick) searches for her missing best friend (Tania Raymonde). Read More Read Less

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      steve d Effective enough thriller thanks in large part to a great early performance from Anna Kendrick, Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review camille l Elsewhere est un film de serial killer sans violence, un film d'horreur sans jump scare, un drame sans larmes. La tentative originale de Nathan Hope peut paraître osée et courageuse pendant un petit moment si seulement elle avait été motivée par autre chose que la recherche d'originalité, justement. Hope a un talent visuel indéniable et on pourrait presque croire à quelques décors comme le bus vide qui revient à quelques reprises si seulement le film vait un peu plus de rythme et de sentiment de menace sur le personnage d'Anna Kendrick, qui enquête sur la disparition de Tania Raymonde (qui disparaît bien trop vite du film). Tout ceci est bien trop lent, long et inintéressant pour convaincre totalement et on préférera de bien meilleurs teen thrillers. Dommage pour les acteurs. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Sorry Anna, terrible choice. I bet you wish you had been Elsewhere when your agent called offering you this part. Don't forget: you were nominated for an Oscar. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member The only thing good about this movie is the suspense, mystery, and Anna Kendrick. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Perfect for young teen girls, this teen thriller works it's routine cliches effectively for it's target audience. Though it's story is weak and predictable, the quick pacing, atmosphere and tone works well enough to keep older viewers engaged. It's cast, lead by a really good young Anna Kendrick, are fairly likeable and are interesting enough to keep you on your seat, at times on the edge. Cliched, routine and formulaic but fun for teen girls and young adults. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review chris h As dismal as this film looks and sounds on the outside, "Elsewhere" really rises above it's straight-to-DVD packaging and delivers a somewhat provocative and engaging thriller. Led by the gorgeous Anna Kendrick, her command of the character Sarah comes off very much like the turn Kristen Bell gives as Veronica Mars, using the assets around her to figure out the case, including a classmate named Jasper, played wonderfully by unknown Chuck Carter. The biggest flaw within the film is the dated nature of the material. For a film that came out in 2009, "Elsewhere" plays out like a thriller in the dawn of the internet in the 90s. Treating a website like MySpace as if it were a new idea, the film and its characters are portrayed as having little knowledge of how they work or that they exist, even though MySpace was launched six years prior to the release of this film. Along with that, the mysterious abductor is telegraphed far before the climax of the film, despite director Nathan Hope's best attempts and covering it up once its been revealed. However, mixing in creeps throughout the film helps to divert the viewers attention without much harm to the overall arc. Kendrick is an astounding actress and proves more so here than anywhere else, that she can keep a film afloat no matter how bottom barrel it may seem. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      David Nusair Reel Film Reviews ...a pervasively meaningless endeavor that's simply unable to justify its existence... Rated: 1/4 Jun 4, 2010 Full Review Kevin Carr 7M Pictures when you have a serial killer story, by avoiding this subject matter completely, you tend to soften the film Rated: 2/5 Jan 28, 2010 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Kendrick rises above some predictable material here, but director Nathan Hope does at least infuse the film with some genuine frights and keeps things moving at a clippy pace Rated: 3/5 Jun 6, 2009 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A teenager (Anna Kendrick) searches for her missing best friend (Tania Raymonde).
      Director
      Nathan Hope
      Executive Producer
      Paul W. Hazen
      Screenwriter
      Nathan Hope
      Rating
      R (Violence/Disturbing Images|Drug and Alcohol Use by Teens|Sexual Content|Language)
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 22, 2016