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Watcher

2022, horror, mystery, suspense

96 minutes

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

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8.0

2022-11-12

A strangely refreshing take on the gaslighting thriller sub-genre, the simplicity of the narrative beats only amplify their truthful impact. Watcher is suspenseful, subversive, and smartly conceived; an almost anti-mystery thriller, signalling writer and director Chloe Okuno as one to watch. Read more

7.0

2022-07-07

Mentioning Hitchcockian voyeurism would be too strained and nothing here is going to knock you off your feet, but the film keeps us entertained and pretty much on the edge of our seats until the end. Read more

7.0

2022-06-02

And from the friendly bystander who jokes about the creeper’s “crush” to Francis’s weak-willed humoring, Okuno envelopes Julia in male gazes that carry threats of varying degrees, all building to a bloody and damn satisfying crescendo. Read more

6.0

2022-01-31

Watcher is a character-driven psychological thriller that leaves the audience alone with the concerned protagonist who must convince us that she is not crazy. Read more

5.8

2022-01-22

Watcher struggles to do two things at once. It wants to succeed as both a slow-burn thriller meditating on the plurality of the cinematic gaze and a tense mystery which keeps you guessing as to what is true. The two cannot find a happy medium. Read more

5.0

2022-06-04

As the film progresses it becomes less clear whether Okuna is really examining America's self-centred place in the world, as her movie evolves into a more run of the mill stalking thriller. Read more

4.2

2022-03-03

An overall disappointing film that is an underwhelming feature debut for Chloe Okuno. Read more

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