Review of Backcountry

The story line is OK, if predictable. The acting is fine, but very stereotyped. A needy/arrogant boyfriend, and a full on alpha male. My main issue is with the direction/ photography? So many dark scenes and absolutely filled with out of focus shots. Perhaps trying to make it claustrophobic? This only succeeded in making my head hurt. Here we are in the midst of the beauty of nature and what can we see? A leaf..! It isn't that none of these shots wouldn't be OK, but so many? Constant close ups when we need to see (literally) the bigger picture. This may well have been shot in someone's back garden at times. I don't suppose I was expecting much from the film, but I was expecting some beautiful cinematography!