Monday, September 7, 2009

The Reason Why

An Austrian whodunnit...

The director tries to emulate Hitchcock but there's only one Hitchcock and he's been here and done that already.

Taking place mostly in a courtroom in a rehashing of the dramatic events leading up to presumed murder, this film relies mostly on its unique twist of an ending that made me wonder why I sat through this film that has nothing to offer the specific lens of our jury...

I applaud any filmmaker that shepherds his film into the form of a finished product and is able to be screened at an international film festival, however, this film is better suited for Austrian television.