the good neighbour ( film )
the good neighbour is a us thriller in which two tech - savvy teenage boys try to trick an elderly neighbour into believing that his house is haunted .
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for anyone in the producer' s home town of penrith,' the good neighbour is being screened on the 9th of june in penrith .
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just got word that' the good neighbour' s screening in new zealand went well. given our director, james crisp, is from nz, and the film is inspired by events that happened there, we are especially pleased that it was well received. thanks to the queenstown film society for screening the film for your audience. urltoken
a good cast, headed by james caan, and a good premise are wasted on a cumbersome, suspense - killing script and somewhat clumsy direction .
cleverly crafted,' the good neighbor' is an emotionally - driven mystery worth seeing .
bravo for avoiding the typical story beats, but the good neighbor forgets to replace them with something substantial .
this will be the good neighbour' s north american premier, which is a fantastic next step for the film. we are screening on saturday, april 21st, in the final session of the festival, at 8: 00pm. our director, the one and only mr james crisp, will be representing the film there and collecting our' official selection' trophy. make us proud crispy .
well, we didn' t win any prizes at the sandfly film festival, but we were voted best film in our session by the audience. nice
watched the trailer for this film on the lead to another. . thought it looked good. . bought myself a copy. . and realise we had seen most of the film with all the best bits... on that trailer. . not worth staying up for. .
it’s hard to discuss the relevancy of sociopolitical themes of the film without giving away its ending, but suffice to say the good neighbor is a film primed to start conversations. even people who ultimately decide they do not care for the story of this film are destined to discuss the outcome of the third act because it is so closely tied to similar stories of abuse and bad behavior in 2016 that it feels timely without actually commenting on the problems of our times. pulling off a feat such as that may be the film’s greatest trick of all, but the others are pretty good, too .
the good neighbor is a rumination on how hastily judging others without knowing them can mean more than innocent, harmless pranks .
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rick says that the good neighbor, a thriller about a new friendship between two men that takes a dark turn, was influenced by the talented mr. ripley. “i’m a big fan of that film, about the love between two men, but my film is about the intensity of friendship. it’s not so homoerotic. ”
of the' top rated film festivals' on film freeway, and one of the “50 film festivals worth the entry fee” by movie maker magazine, we are looking forward to being there (march 8 - 11) as' 12. 12. 12' finally makes its debut .
clever and funny, technically excellent caper film, with an amazingly moving emotional payoff at the end .
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meanwhile, rick and producers reich and holthof got the good neighbor made for television with half its funding coming from german broadcaster ard’s swr unit and from the film fund of baden - wuerttemberg. after shanghai, the film will screen at the hofer filmtage in hof, germany. “we have from now until late october to find a sales agent and a distributor, ” reich said .
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from the start, the good neighbor establishes an atmosphere of unpredictability that steadily amplifies over the course of the film. questions lead to more questions, and each turn is almost immediately followed by another seemingly unrelated twist that keeps you guessing as to where the story will end. writers mark bianculli and jeff richard slowly unspool the mystery of the man next door from both the beginning and end simultaneously, teasing a finale that grounds the story in reality without revealing the conclusion of the boys’ experiment until the last possible second .
the good neighbour takes a closer look at the effect on the local people living in the area of the canadian oil sands in alberta. through a young norwegian woman’s eyes we get an insight into the complicated industry' s navigations between the lack of governmental rules and regulations, and the violations of first nation' s human rights and their land - based constitutional rights. statoil, a major oil company primarily owned by the norwegian government (and thus the norwegian people) has in recent years expanded its operations well beyond its borders and is now a major player in oil production in over 40 countries around the world .
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annoying and stupid film. you' ve been warned... ... .
actors maxim mehmet and charly huebner are up and comers in germany and the $ 1. 3 million production budget could get the good neighbor noticed if the initial reaction of china’s newly movie - mad audience is any gauge .
james caan is a bit wasted in this average film plot but it has some ...
of shanghai, rick expressed marvel at his first visit to the city of 23 million. he admitted his visit had thus far blown away his concerns about china’s lack of freedom of expression in film (an exposed female nipple appears in the good neighbor), even if it had reinforced other reservations .
disappointed really, the film starts off well, i was hoping for another disturbia type story. however the story got slower with very little happening, james caan has little script, there are no scares at all. the film as a moral message which does not reveal itself until the end, overall could have been better .
at siff 2007, the german film according to plan by franziska meletzy won the golden goblet for best feature film and its four leading ladies shared the best actress award. in 2008, my mother’s tears won at shanghai for best cinematography, and last year christian ulmen won the best actor award for his performance in wedding fever campobello .
a film that - from its basic set - up to its dearth of tension - plays like the tedious inverse of don' t breathe .
starring: james caan, logan miller, and keir gilchrist the good neighbor official trailer 1 (2016) - james caan movie a pair of high school kids try to trick a neighbor into thinking a house is haunted. subscribe to indie & film festivals: urltoken subscribe to trailers: urltoken subscribe to coming soon: urltoken like us on facebook: urltoken follow us on twitter: urltoken you' re quite the artsy one, aren' t you? fandango movieclips film festivals & indie trailers is the destination for... well, all things related to film festivals & indie films. if you want to keep up with the latest festival news, art house openings, indie movie content, film reviews, and so much more, then you have found the right channel .
four minutes, by director chris kraus, had its world premiere in shanghai and went on to get distribution from europa corp. , win the german film award and sell to senator international in the united states. not bad for a film that got its start at a festival that was barely on the map five years ago .
james caan lends some much needed gravitas to kasra farahani' s intermittently effective suspenser about two teenage boys tormenting an old man. unlike the recent horror hit don' t breathe, the good neighbor is more of a psychological thriller that takes a long time building up to its twisty conclusion. despite some clever touches, the derivative film doesn' t manage to live up to its clever premise .
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an interesting twist in what you may or may not believe whats true about a person, this is very much in the vein of disturbia but with a much more human perspective at the end... . james caan is a bit wasted in this average film plot but it has some useful comments to make on the values of human nature. on a more mundane point the poster for the film is misleading .
the good neighbor could also be titled when scaring someone goes wrong. built on a familiar premise, the new feature from kasra farahani finds a way to blend heart, humor, and mystery in a way that is utterly compelling from beginning to end .
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simply wasn 't my cup of tea. . i like a film which grips me but i wasn 't feeling
what is most shocking about the film is not the mysterious man next door, but just how much heart and humor makes its way into the story without stalling the constantly rising tension. miller and gilchrist have a chemistry that raises the relationship of their characters to something above your average bromance, but there are limits to what they can do with the dialogue they have been given. the film stumbles when trying to establish a clear back story for each, and the same can be said for essentially everyone on screen aside from harold grainey. the lack of character development hinders the connection you feel to the people and things happening on screen, but it’s clear everyone involved is passionate about telling the story well .
i don' t understand why this film got so many bad reviews. i really quite enjoyed it. something different for a change .
much to their surprise, grainey reacts casually to the chaotic goings - on, displaying more emotion about a neighbor' s errant dog than the seemingly supernatural events occurring around him. he also disappears for long stretches at a time into his locked basement — the one area where the teens haven' t placed their cameras — leading them to wonder if he' s up to no good .
but despite its flaws, the good neighbor sustains interest, thanks in large part to caan' s intriguing, understated performance that particularly pays off in the film' s surprise - laden final act. by his own admittance, the veteran actor has done a lot of crappy films in recent years — he blames it on high alimony payments — and while this b - movie effort receiving a limited theatrical isn' t likely to significantly elevate his standing, it serves as a vivid reminder of his formidable talent .
the film follows ethan (logan miller) and sean (keri gilchrist), two mischievous high schoolers hoping to create their first documentary. ethan’s brilliant idea is to bug the home of his elderly neighbor, harold grainey (legendary actor james caan), and film how he reacts to a series of pranks created to make him believe he is being haunted. it feels innocent enough at first, but when harold’s reactions do not match the boys’ expectations they begin to question what is actually happening inside the home across the street .
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“when nobody told me about our screening on sunday i thought maybe it was a censorship issue, but it turned out the film screened uncut and it was just that the theater projection was bad and the sound was awful. i think the festival didn’t want me to see that. i can’t think of any other explanation, ” he said .
the next - door drama hopes to follow in the footsteps of 2007 winner' four minutes.'
the film, previously titled the waiting, features a time - shifting narrative including flash - forwards to the two boys' criminal trial that lets us know that things obviously go badly, and flashbacks depicting grainey' s relationship with his wife (laura innes). the constant shifting of focus — there also are numerous scenes depicting the nefarious teens' interactions with their friends — results in an unnecessarily cluttered exposition that saps dramatic tension. the frequent recourse to the increasingly tired found - footage format is yet another annoyance .
james caan, logan miller and keir gilchrist star in this american thriller. high school friends ethan and sean (miller and gilchrist) conduct an experiment to see if they can make their neighbour believe his house is haunted. their chosen target is old hermit harold grainey (caan) who lives across the street and after rigging his house with cameras the pair sit back to watch their prank unfold. however, they are shocked by his response as harold appears unfazed by their attempts to scare him and he instead turns his attention to turning the tables on his young tormentors ...
rick co - wrote the film with silja clemens, drawing on the experience of wondering what it would be like if a neighbor of his caught him doing something bad. “i’d have to become his friend, i thought, ” rick said. “i think this is the sort of story that might work well in china. ”
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the script doesn' t has enough material to make it interesting, making the viewer willing to focus on only on the neighbor instead of any other aspect of the lives of its characters. [ full review in spanish ]
rick said the first screening at a suburban shanghai theater on sunday sold out and local festivalgoers gasped in all the right places. “that’s why we’re here. putting our film into an up - and - coming a - list festival like shanghai could help us get the attention we need, ” rick said. “we thought about taking it to moscow, but people told us shanghai was the better bet. shanghai likes german films. ”
to wit, alive and ticking by andré rogenhage also competes here this week, and there are a total of 16 german films screening, including a wim wenders 3d film about choreographer pina bausch .
beyond the awards, there are modest inroads at china’s box office. u. s. - german co - production resident evil: afterlife, from constantin film, grossed $ 20 million at the chinese box office to become the ninth most successful box office import, according to beijing - based media consultancy cmmi, an advisor to industry body german films. german street racing film fast track: no limits from production company action concept made around $ 2. 2 million when it screened in china from may to august 2008. most other german films of the last three years grossed at most $ 1. 2 million, cmmi said .
both films had no distributors coming into china’s largest film festival and berlin - based rick, a 36 - year - old director of a successful children’s television series and his producers - - daniel reich and christoph holtof of kurhaus production – are feeling the pressure .
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i had pretty low expectations coming into this film. it had a 6. 6 rating and wreaked of a legend of an actor just picking up another paycheck on his way out. gladly, it was none of that. i guess i' ve just been burned by deniro lately and the lame flicks he continues to pile up in his golden years, and even james caan has been in some bad ones, but caan killed it in this one and created yet another memorable role. the film was well done and very suspenseful but even more than that it will appeal to all generations. the new social media craze driven teens, the struggling adult split family scenarios, and the classic elderly struggles and nostalgic themes. hats off to a brilliant production and to caan the legend. this one is definitely worth the watch. oh, and bobbyd, take a lesson from your godfather buddy and stop already with the crappy films .
despite a slightly more innovative take on the found - footage format, the script fails to hold on to its promise of mystery and suspense .
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screenwriters mark bianculli and jeff richard are too obsessed with driving their freshman thesis home, to the point that they fracture their own storytelling by overstuffing the narrative .
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in one scene a man is seen lying on the ground; he has a bloody gunshot wound to his right temple and blood is rapidly pooling on the floor by his head .
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now, china’s is the world’s fastest - growing movie market and seasoned hollywood movie men such as barry levinson and mike medavoy are strolling the halls in shanghai, judging films and announcing deals .
the story concerns high school friends sean (keir gilchrist) and ethan (logan miller), both the products of broken homes, who concoct a plot to harass their unfriendly codger neighbor, harold grainey (caan). taking advantage of sean' s technical expertise, they elaborately rig up the old man' s home while he' s out doing his weekly grocery shopping. using remote controls and monitoring everything via surveillance cameras, they create the illusion that the house is haunted by manipulating doors, creating loud noises, causing power outages and even lowering the temperature .
one of the characters identifies september 19, 2014 as a saturday. it was a friday .
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caan, who would appear capable of doing whatever he pleases in hollywood these days, delivers a kind of quiet brilliance in his portrayal of grainey. the veteran actor embodies grainey as an emotional, haunted hermit with an axe to grind at first, but soon begins to reveal a much more complicated individual whose past is still very much alive (at least in his mind). i think caan has less than twenty lines total in the film, and most of them involve threatening a neighbor’s dog, but he makes every grunt and grimace count .
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great thriller! cleverly written! !! i like those movies where codes of horror are being used without being a horror movie... this reminded me of
the gift
with joel edgerton, not for the scenario of course, but for what the story relates to... you have to have seen both movies to understand ...
james caan' s surprisingly nuanced performance... does a lot of work in tipping the scales from substandard to mediocre .
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was a decent well acted and directed movie that doesn' t end quite the way you would think. although its not something you' ll watch often .
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it' s provocative work at times, but also painfully obvious, making for an erratic viewing experience where the urge to tune out is periodically interrupted by engrossing turns of plot .
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a pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting elderly neighbor while keeping his every reaction under surveillance. a series of coincidences leads to tragedy .
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rick knows that a slot in the shanghai competition is no guarantee of distribution in china and that even if an import license is secured producers may not recoup much. china’s box office jumped 64 percent last year to $ 1. 5 billion, but most of the government’s 20 import licenses allowing films a share of ticket sales went to big hollywood films. avatar, for instance, grossed more than $ 200 million in china .
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the dreary lack of suspense in this tweaked
rear window
scenario, and our inability to care one whit for two cruel, arrogant bullies operating under a perceived notion that they' re social scientists, makes this one tough going .
a pair of mischievous high school kids (keir gilchrist and logan miller) create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor (james caan). while keeping his every reaction under surveillance, they see much more than they bargained for .
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there' s not much real suspense stirred here by a premise that straddles recent found - footage thrillers and
rear window .
can' t say that everyone will like this but i really enjoyed it .
two teenage boys use technology to torment their elderly neighbor in this thriller starring james caan .
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it' s ok. at 43 i felt too old for this sort of caper! !
do i have to, waste of time, cover is most exciting part .
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the good neighbour ( german : unter nachbarn ) is a 2011 german film directed by stephan rick . it premiered in competition at the 2011 shanghai international film festival and was screened at the 2011 montreal world film festival and the hof international film festival . the good neighbour was shot on location in karlsruhe , baden-baden ( including the waldenecksee ) and mannheim , germany . the thriller is rick 's debut feature film . his previous work , the children 's tv series allein gegen die zeit , had been nominated for the german television award and the international emmy award . 
the good neighbour (german: unter nachbarn) is a 2011 german film directed by stephan rick. it premiered in competition at the 2011 shanghai international film festival and was screened at the 2011 montreal world film festival and the hof international film festival. the good neighbour was shot on location in karlsruhe, baden-baden (including the waldenecksee) and mannheim, germany. the thriller is rick's debut feature film. his previous work, the children's tv series allein gegen die zeit, had been nominated for the german television award and the international emmy award.
the good neighbour (german: unter nachbarn) is a 2011 german film directed by stephan rick. it premiered in competition at the 2011 shanghai international film festival and was screened at the 2011 montreal world film festival and the hof international film festival. the good neighbour was shot on location in karlsruhe, baden-baden (including the waldenecksee) and mannheim, germany. the thriller is rick's debut feature film. his previous work, the children's tv series allein gegen die zeit, had been nominated for the german television award and the international emmy award.