rossamthomson Judging by the reviews it seems to be a polarizing film that has determined this, rather unfair, low score. I found Regression to have an interesting premise, well written, crafted and credibly pulled off by stylish director Alejandro Amenábar. Writer/director of The Others and Open your Eyes, as well as writer of the English version, Vanilla Sky. A classic thriller with a classic twist. Worth watching.

J. (CountJonnie) Hawke tries to unravel the abuse of a young woman, suspecting an organized satanic cult. While searching for the thruth, the power of suggestion seems to get to him, making him doubt if he's looking in the right direction.Hawke does a great job of playing a conflicted cop, who puts the victim at the 1st place and only the thruth matters. Unfortunately the movies rhytm is confusing by strange shots and editing making this movie feel rushed. The message is very interesting and makes you wonder how to approach these cases, if they where real. Although based on real events, this is still just a movie and it depends on convincing acting. Which is what Emma Watson doesn't seem to be able to do in this movie. Rarely have I seen such woonde, stiff, uninspired acting which makes the twist in the end fall completely flat.The movie would have been better with more character motivation, and less Emma Watson.

triusart I grew up in a cult. The classic kind from the seventies. And then they disappeared but heavily influenced DC politics. This movie is a close representation of perhaps mass hysteria experienced on all levels of the media and is a good provocation of what it is like to be stuck in a fraudulent system.I give this film the rate of a ten for simply stunning acting, very, very subtle transition from scene to scene, great cinematography, an incredible score and for truly capturing a spirit of mystery and for allowing nonfiction to be fiction or vice versa, to being true to the spirt of a kind of collective mysteria all religious people seem to suffer from and for dealing with a forbidden topic, that is, the one devout Christians most fear. Yes, this film deals with heavy issures but because things like this have happened to others and to me, i cannot say they are not true.Thank you, Ethan, Emma and to Mr. Amenabar.

Lonni G It was amazing! This movie was portrayed beautifully and it had so much tension and such good acting What I didn't really expect was the plot twist!!!! I was just pranked??? And that was great too because people don't expect many cases like that to go south, especially in a horror/thriller film. The ending also shocked me, for the main character to just not suffer that horribly in the end is very rare in these types of movies.