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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Compliance (2012) in Movies

Sep 19, 2020 (Updated Nov 29, 2020)

Compliance (2012)

2012 | Documentary, Drama, Mystery

8.0

(2 Ratings)

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Sincerely abominable, I still currently have a long-standing headache caused from my face wincing throughout this entire movie. Thank Lord this was only 90 minutes because I felt like I needed a long, boiling hot, chemical-spill-grade shower after watching it. Every minute is an endurance test, once you get past one it feels like an accomplishment right up until you get to the next one - rinse and repeat - oh and they get progressively more and more truly sickening as they go along. Evidently this is pretty much tit-for-tat to what actually happened in the real life story, which makes it even more unsettling, and as a result I do think that this is more sensitive than people give it credit for even if it isn't fully absolved of some issues. The last 15 minutes are horribly rushed through, though while it - commendably - doesn't really go for a trashy/pulpy approach, it's still unbearably tense and crafts a fast food nightmare colored with traumatizing performances and ice-cold direction. Now more than ever a ruthlessly effective treatise on why we shouldn't be expected to hand over our basic human rights to someone simply because they're an authority figure.