andrewmerritt-31652 Well, that was a crazy movie. A Cure for Wellness stars Dane DeHaan, Jason Issacs, and Mia Goth. It is directed by Gore Verbinski who gave us the Ring and if you're familiar with his work you know what to expect. The story revolves around this young stockbroker who is tasked to bring in a man named Pembroke who is relaxing at a spa resort in the Swiss Alps. They need him to sign a multi million-dollar deal so he agrees and when he gets there he notices that there is something unusual about this resort. And from there his mind is slowly tested as he begins to debate whether he's insane or not. I have to say that this is one of the most twisted movies I've ever seen and after I finished watching it my mind was still trying to process what I just witnessed. I debated whether or not to give this a bad review, but a part of me deep down said to give it another try. So I watched it again after I watched it yesterday and I have to say that again it is definitely one of the craziest movies I've watched, but I got to say I had a total blast. If I could sum up the movie I would say you have to let your mind go and just roll with it. This movie reminded me of Shutter Island from the first twenty minutes that I honestly thought it was a sequel. Even Dane DeHaan looked a little bit like Leonardo DiCaprio. But this is way more intense and twisted than Shutter Island that if you were to compare the facility from Shutter Island to a Cure for Wellness, a Cure for Wellness would win hands down. And people were bashing this movie calling it trash and Rotten Tomatoes gave it a terrible review, but I personally liked the movie. What I admire about this is Gore Verbinski and Justin Haythe who was the screenwriter decided to make a movie and didn't care what critics would think of this. And I love people who go all out just to make a movie and they don't care if its twisted or too violent or weird, they just let their imagination run wild. So overall, I will say in my personal opinion that this is a fantastic twisted psychological movie and if you have the courage and the stomach to handle it go for it. As for everyone else, this movie won't be for you.

danielmartinx I love horror and suspense, and I am in love with beautiful camera work. This film delivers a competent standard horror/thriller product, but there were so many times when I wanted more. The sanitarium in the mountains, with an evil leader who bears strange resemblance to the pieces of history that we pick up along the way, is stuffed with twists and turns that you can anticipate.The young tender girl who accompanies him to the town, for instance -- did anyone not know from the start what her character was all about?Pembroke is a broken and empty human being. What good could he do if he returned to the company in New York? He is a lost cause from the start. This is not logical.There are a dozen cliche-driven characters in this film, and I got tired of the scenes trying to create suspense by purposely dragging out the "scary" moments. Even the beautiful camera work got on my nerves after a while. Sure, center things and move the camera slowly forward -- do tons of reaction shots of our hero looking baffled -- return to the object, in the center of the screen again, and inch forward -- another reaction shot -- this could take up my whole life.I'm giving it six out of ten because is it competent, moderately intelligent, and the scenery and sets are beautiful. But I kind of knew from the start where the story was taking us, and I am tired of this.

Lakisha Ferguson My sister saw this in theaters and didn't understand it so we both decided to watch it for clarification(my 1st viewing). Let's jus say I wss not impressed. I feel like the main character had numerous times to get away yet he continued to go back to the hospital! I wasn't a fan at all, it was suspenseful or interesting. Then the final 20 30 mins jus made my head do a double take! Plus my sister fell asleep so... Yea no clarifying for her!

barberic-695-574135 The heading say´s it all. The movie is slow to get going and never really picks up the pace. Now for the story line, one, who thought up "this one" and two, who on earth thought it was a good enough story to make a movie. I have to say I would question the sanity of the people who funded this venture. We did watch it right through but it was borderline, take our advice and leave this one on the shelf. Not retained for future viewing.