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A young woman discovers that her elite Manhattan preparatory school harbors a dark secret.A young woman discovers that her elite Manhattan preparatory school harbors a dark secret.A young woman discovers that her elite Manhattan preparatory school harbors a dark secret.
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Sophie Lane Curtis
- Beckett Warner
- (as Sophie Curtis)
Annie Q. Riegel
- Chloe Murray
- (as Annie Q.)
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I discovered this on Netflix two days ago, and realised that I had watched only a part of it, so I decided to give it a rewatch and finish the film.
So far I can say that the movie does have potential in several areas - while the plot ideas may not be wholy original in concept, the way the film introduced those ideas could've been developed into something that may have potentially gotten some really good praise. A similar thing can be said for the casting; The actors and actresses I'd say are pretty good for a film like Innocence, and I think that that in itself opens up for more potential. Unfortunately though, the film is pretty flawed and has many aspects of it that hold it back from succession.
The plot progression felt extremely tacky and skittish - Bare in mind, there was some decently average (which average isn't bad, by the way) progression at the first 35 minutes of the movie, but then further on it was like as if the writer and director decided to rely the movie's storyline on being just filler (meaning material that has no value, that adds nothing worthwhile to the story) which unfortunately made the final sequence feel off and awkward. Furthermore, the structuring of the plot + transitioning between scenes and sequences also felt strange and poorly executed - There were a few scenes that were nicely paced and shot, but it was like as if those scenes were in an unnatural clash between the film's faster and weirdly shot moments. And then comes the character development: There were so many opportunities that the film missed out on when it came to character development (especially Pamela and Beckett), which made me so sad because Pamela and Beckett were two interesting characters that I thought the movie would develop on. Overall, the film left many gaps within it that made it feel unfufilling, which is heartbreaking because the film had so much potential that it carelessly left behind :(
So far I can say that the movie does have potential in several areas - while the plot ideas may not be wholy original in concept, the way the film introduced those ideas could've been developed into something that may have potentially gotten some really good praise. A similar thing can be said for the casting; The actors and actresses I'd say are pretty good for a film like Innocence, and I think that that in itself opens up for more potential. Unfortunately though, the film is pretty flawed and has many aspects of it that hold it back from succession.
The plot progression felt extremely tacky and skittish - Bare in mind, there was some decently average (which average isn't bad, by the way) progression at the first 35 minutes of the movie, but then further on it was like as if the writer and director decided to rely the movie's storyline on being just filler (meaning material that has no value, that adds nothing worthwhile to the story) which unfortunately made the final sequence feel off and awkward. Furthermore, the structuring of the plot + transitioning between scenes and sequences also felt strange and poorly executed - There were a few scenes that were nicely paced and shot, but it was like as if those scenes were in an unnatural clash between the film's faster and weirdly shot moments. And then comes the character development: There were so many opportunities that the film missed out on when it came to character development (especially Pamela and Beckett), which made me so sad because Pamela and Beckett were two interesting characters that I thought the movie would develop on. Overall, the film left many gaps within it that made it feel unfufilling, which is heartbreaking because the film had so much potential that it carelessly left behind :(
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Did you know
- TriviaPamela gives Beckett a dress by the designer Jill Stewart who is actually the father of Sophie Lane Curtis who plays Beckett.
- Quotes
Beckett Warner: [Beckett is about to get her belly button pierced] You've done this before right?
Jen Dunham: Yeah, and I'm very hygienic, you know that.
Beckett Warner: OK, go for it.
Jen Dunham: Tobey is gonna love this.
Beckett Warner: It's... not for him.
Jen Dunham: ...Right. I have gloves, ice, extra alcohol, extremely clean needle. Just count to 15.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $294,039
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $235,224
- Sep 7, 2014
- Gross worldwide
- $294,039
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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