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Proxy

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Proxy

2013

2h 0m

Drama

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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A young woman gradually realizes nothing in her life is as it appears after a vicious attack.

Critics Consensus

Proxy's ambitious reach slightly exceeds its grasp, but its subversive narrative and alluringly dreamlike aesthetic make this horror mystery hard to ignore.

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Jordan Hoffman

New York Daily News

[With] performances better suited to a high school play

Rated: 1/5

Apr 18, 2014

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Parker has made a tough, brutal, and often riveting thriller.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 18, 2014

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

When almost everyone on screen is nursing a pathology, interest in their fates is far from guaranteed.

Apr 17, 2014

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

The melodrama can often be laughable, and while it's ultimately entertaining, it struggles with its own identity and what type of movie it wants to be.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

At times tasteless and potentially offensive, the film is also strikingly unpredictable, utilizing violence effectively.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Frank Ochieng

SF Crowsnest

Parker's slow burn and chilly-minded Proxy is an intensifying horror vehicle that sneaks up on one's nervous system with its observational dark character studies and creepy tension that builds gradually while creating an understated complexity of fear.

Rated: 2.5/4

Nov 10, 2018

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James Ward K

Superior acting and plotting makes this movie a must-see. All the characters have fascinating arcs. The ending is dreamlike. Not a lot of money was spent making this movie, but a lot of money wasn't needed. The story, the director, and the actors make the movie. There are a couple of gruesome scenes, however, they added to the movie's plot and were not just for scares. This is a very good movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/28/23

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Matthew D

On occasion something happens, but you probably won't care.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Audience Member

Bad movies don't often end with me coming away disappointed in the human race. This one does that. The murder of a 3 year old child is used as some kind of ham handed attack on the American family cliche. This seems like a niche film for militant homosexuals to giggle over while it makes squares extremely uncomfortable. If so, well done...and screw you Zach Parker.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

EVERYONE, except maybe the husband, is a scumbag.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

Holy molly . I was hesitant in commenting about this film . (Warning): There is extreme violence to a pregnant woman in the opening scene. There you have been (Warned) . Now watch is film. This film is fantastically out there. Every main character is crazy and suffers from narcissism . "No wonder I like it so much". Birds of a feather. The whole narrative gave me a David Lynch vibe. This horror mystery hard to ignore.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

Overall story was interesting enough to make this a good watch. I love movies that play with questions of morality and this one did so very well. I understand some performances are intentionally less genuine than others, but that doesn't excuse sloppy sound design. Over all I actually really liked this movie, it sure as hell wasn't boring.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Synopsis

A young woman gradually realizes nothing in her life is as it appears after a vicious attack.

Director: Zack Parker
Producer: Faust Checho, Zack Parker
Screenwriter: Kevin Donner, Zack Parker
Production Co: Along The Tracks
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 12, 2016
Runtime: 2h 0m

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