The Good Neighbor (2016)
An interesting experimental film that works at times and at others drags. The plot about a couple of youths who wire an elderly neighbor's house for an experiment to see if they can make him think his home is haunted is ever so slightly disturbing especially with the amount of surveillance devices they position round his home and the film comes across as sadistically voyeuristic.
However the increasing amount of time we have to spend with the two youths becomes alienating as they become more objectionable the longer the film passes by, but that's the only real down point to proceedings.
The plot twists along as we find out via a court case about the neighbors past. James Caan is excellent as the elderly man wracked with sadness and the more we find out about him the more we sympathize.
For a film that is essentially a found footage movie it's surprisingly innovative and breathes life into something that has been done to death.
Although i liked the film, i do feel it's possibly a one watch piece of entertainment due to the unfolding mystery and the nicely handled and fairly surprising / shocking denouement which once seen won't be forgotten.
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