![]() ![]() ![]() The neighbor proves to be quirky and mysterious. Her neighbor comes over to check on her and play with her son, Bowen. Helmer’s character recently landed a life changing choreography gig and she feels as though the locale better facilitates her creative endeavors. Thus, Latched follows, hot on the heels of Kookie’s well earned success.īefore we continue, a short synopsis of the film:Ī single mother drives out with her young son to a shore house outside of the city. Since its release, Kookie has received a slew of awards from various Canadian and American film festivals such as the Canadian Feedback Festival, Toronto After Dark Film Festival, The Los Angeles Fear and Fantasy Film Festival, The Atlanta Horror Film Festival, etc. ![]() The film, as we’ll see, has several important points of overlap with Bokeh’s 2017 short film, Latched. The Bokeh Collective has already made noteworthy inroads with its 2016 short film, Kookie. It’s interesting to see Brunner and Harding depart from their television roots and branch out into horror shorts. The Bokeh Collective is their brain child- Brunner and Harding both listed as co-founders. Brunner, likewise, has worked on The Amazing Race Canada, Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan and Top Chef Canada. Harding’s Demo Reel emphasizes his experience working on reality and documentary television. Directors Rob Brunner and Justin Harding each got their start as television directors. Latched was produced under the auspices of Bokeh Collective and Ginger Cat Studios. Again, I will reiterate, this review has spoilers. With that out of the way, let’s talk about Latched in depth. Latched is a worthwhile short film, and I hope you watch it. I can only promise that this article will be spoiler free up until the end of the next sentence, so let me say this: Have you seen/tried to watch Bokeh? If so, please share your experience in the comments below.Debuting this week at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival, Latched hopes to make an impression on the well populated independent horror genre. In terms of what I actually liked about the one-third of Bokeh that I saw…? Well, I love the name Maika and I want to visit Iceland at some point in the future. The question of whether I quit too early did come to mind. However, since that wasn’t the case and what was happening proved especially disappointing, thanks to one or two moments when my disbelief could not be completely suspended, at approximately 24 minutes in, I aborted. You know, something akin to the likes of Z For Zachariah (2015), a film with a vaguely similar plot. ![]() I’d really hoped that the story would have been adequately engaging. What else could I do when I was failing to find the two main characters played by Maika Monroe and Matt O’Leary particularly interesting? They just weren’t interesting enough for me to want to spend more time with them. Whilst there, they wake up one morning to find that everyone on earth has disappeared except for the two of them.Īs intriguing as the premise is, I must admit that within 30 minutes of watching Bokeh, I was moved to pause proceedings so I could decide whether moving forward with the movie was worth it. Written/directed by Geoffrey Orthwein and Andrew Sullivan, drama/sci-fi Bokehis the story of a young couple on a romantic getaway to Iceland. ![]()
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