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Therapy (2016)
Flawed but impressive for a full length student work by a teen
The criticisms that other reviewers of this film made are definitely fair- it does have a ton of jumps cares, little logic for a large amount of the storyline, and confusing reactions from experienced law enforcement with little development or elaboration on their personal struggles that were introduced. Also, the found footage clips (which are most of the film but not all) don't quite make sense, as it sometimes changes perspective in ways that should not be possible. The police being in a rush to recover damaged footage wouldn't explain this the way it's intended to and it seems like the concept of found footage isn't committed to by the filmmakers. Regardless of this I enjoyed the atmosphere.
Criticisms aside, the director and writer is a film student and he created this at only 17 years old, and I've personally not seen a full length film from someone his age that is even half as put together. In my opinion his work is very promising for his age and experience level, and I'd like to see more from him in the future if he takes on some of the criticism that has been presented. If you're interested in seeing a somewhat flawed but decent work from a young director give it a shot.