Dizzy

Rating: 2/10 (2 April 2016)

Filmed as if holding a hand-held smart phone. Many scenes involved swooping back and forth, up and down, slanted angles, and sometimes shaky (emphasis on hand-held) which made me dizzy to the point that I couldn't finish the film. Rather than adding a sense of realism, the phone-screen filming approach felt gimmicky. It made me nauseous. I could see using the hand-held phone screen a few times for style, but the technique is way over-used in this movie, in my opinion,and tires quickly. The plot itself is a good story with good acting and script, but the confines of the smart phone filming limited how long I could watch it without closing my eyes, not from fear but from feeling dizzy. I wish I could have given this film more stars, but filming techniques shouldn't get in the way of telling a story. In my personal experience, with this movie, the filming techniques became the story.