The Unseen

2016

1 hr. 44 min.

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Horror

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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A man risks the secret of his invisibility to find his missing daughter.

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Cesare M

Nice idea but the visuals are offputting, uncanny and not really believable.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/04/23

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Gunn W

The Unseen should have remained The UNWATCHED. I'm not too proud to admit I watched the wrong movie!! I was trying to find the 2023 version of this film, but instead got this 2016 snooze-fest! So, I admit, that's my fault. Although they are both horror flicks - just be sure not to do the same thing I did. You can never get this 2 hours of your life back! So, this guy has a daughter he hasn't seen in 8 years - because he's becoming invisible, he doesn't want her to see him like this (which is funny, if he just waited long enough, she wouldn't have to see him at all, hahaha - get it?) Anyway, she lives in the city with her 2 Moms while her Daddy lives at least a day away working in a papermill. The entire movie is about this father/daughter connection and driving back and forth (with a bit of drugs added in, I guess just to make the PG-13 rating higher?) and I was bored out of my mind. More like a love story than horror! SKIP IT! Even watching for free is not worth losing 2 hours of my life!!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/08/23

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Jerod S

There are certain things you can't accomplish with bad CG, and The Unseen was one of them. Like a Stephen King book trying to be adapted to screen, the Unseen had characters that were disappearing. The unveiling of the story line wasn't bad - but the visuals hurt.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/07/23

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prawnda s

it's alright, but the initial segments with the daughter feel forced and out of place. imo the film should either be about her or the father, since the tonal shifts between their stories are far from graceful, especially since the music she listens to is pretty corny and just does not match the gritty themes. we shouldn't be suddenly meeting 4 new young adult protagonists halfway through the story, or at least there should be more context for her story that leads into a more gradual or interwoven shift. the "my daughter slept over at somebody's house so i'm gonna beat up local teenagers to find her" segment is just far too much at first, too, and the general themes of violent overprotectiveness don't land very well. she had only been missing for like 12 hours when they decided to do this, and the police wouldn't have tasered and handcuffed the dad so quickly. next we jump to some doctor or police employee lady dumping a bunch of extremely wooden exposition about the grandfather. i don't know which demographic the film is trying to pander to, but it appears to be alienating both targeted age groups. this started out quite strong, but i'm removing stars faster and faster as this disorganized story comes to fruition. edit: towards the climax of the film, these issues are pretty much resolved. it just has some extremely clumsy writing around the middle of the film that sort of blows the reveal and lowers the stakes. with another director and editor, the same script could have been made into a 4 or 5 star film, but it's hovering just above 3 for me right now, even with some inconsistently impressive visuals and an interesting (albeit not entirely original) concept. this would have been a solid 3/5 stars, but i'm removing another one because of the bjork soundtrack. that woman has said the n word on live television twice. paired with the somewhat racist themes of chinese medicine/tea, this doesn't make for a likeable tone. i like the daughter a lot in "Come True", which was an excellent film up until the twist ending, but this one doesn't live up to her other work at all. it feels weird that no one tried just putting on makeup, like in virtually every single other iteration of the invisible man story. it's especially implausible that the daughter didn't try this, although i could understand if the men didn't want to do it. i also found the ending to be a bit too much and a lot too little at the same time, since they did not need to repeat the footage from the abandoned building to hammer the already obvious point in, and nothing really happened to bring closure to the story.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/27/23

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Political G

Disjointed with no clear direction. Family drama mixed with nonsense sci-fi mixed with the base of the movie - Boredom. It is a challenge to stay awake during as it dulls your senses to the point looking thru the TV instead of at it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

06/29/23

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Mike M

The very beginning 3 second is the only location they use a tripod for the phone style video. Otherwise motion sickness through the whole movie. I couldn't even finish it.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

05/09/23

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Geoff Redknap

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Camille Sullivan

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Dennis Harvey

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A nicely crafted if not entirely satisfying drama of a man struggling to retain any connection to human society.

Aug 7, 2016

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

... an interesting take on the invisible man trope, showing a new way for the invisibility to take hold as well as a new source for it.

Rated: 4.5/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Carolyn Mauricette

Cinema Axis

The Unseen, despite its slightly long running time, makes a noble attempt to meld family drama, classic science fiction and realism into a quite engaging film. See it for the great performances and the cool special effects.

May 16, 2019

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Joe Lipsett

Queer.Horror.Movies.

Geoff Redknap has crafted a solid family drama with a dash of science-fiction. While the film does have plot and pacing issues, The Unseen excels in its use of atmosphere and its seamless blend of practical and CGI special effects.

Sep 21, 2018

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Chris Knight

National Post

It's a busy plot, but Redknap bides his time before carefully drawing all the threads together.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 29, 2018

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Norman Wilner

NOW Toronto

The Unseen isn't really a horror movie at all. It's something else, and I really appreciated that.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 28, 2018

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Synopsis

A man risks the secret of his invisibility to find his missing daughter.

Director: Geoff Redknap
Screenwriter: Geoff Redknap
Production Co: Goonworks Films
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2019

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