i must have seen a different film!!

best movie i've ever seen.

Absolutely the worst movie.

Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.

A really clever story involving Satanic cults. An unexpected twist gives this movie the edge over other of a similar genre. Well acted especially by Hawke and Watson. Retained for future viewing.

I almost didn't watch this as the current 5.7 score is rather low, but I'm still glad I did as I think it was better than that score. Not much, but still enjoyable. It's a "quality" movie, where pretty much everything is top notch, but the script sadly lacks. Atmosphere, cinematography, acting and casting all worked well with the exception of Emma Watson. She wasn't bad, but she wasn't good either. She didn't really make me think she'd be a girl from small town Minnesota (?). In the end she was just "Emma Watson". It's probably not her fault as she doesn't have a lot of screen time and the character development in general is rather thin.The biggest problem was the script. The movie deals with satanism (and religion while at it), sexual abuse and ofcourse regression. This is a lot for one movie to cover. While the initial story was somewhat interesting, it never really got itself together and didn't know where to focus, which made the movie rather difficult to get a grip of. In the end I was a bit confused about what really had happened. The movie was both confusing and anti-climatic as they kind of swept the whole table clean in the end. This probably makes it sound like a really crap movie, but it was a good watch anyway. Spooky, very strong on dark and moody atmosphere, too bad the story didn't quite match everything else. I'm still giving it a 7.

REGRESSION is one of those psychological thrillers populated by a cast of victims, police, and psychologists. From the first instance I hated the blue/greyed out colour scheme, which makes this look just like all the rest of the coldly realistic thriller/dramas that do the rounds in today's Hollywood. The story is slow-witted and involves Satanic abuse and a woman who has been raped by her own father. There's a conspiracy angle that doesn't go very far, but mainly this is dialogue based. It tries to be worthy and important but feels quite dull and unpleasant at times. It doesn't help that the lacklustre performances of Ethan Hawke and Emma Watson spoil things further, with only David Thewlis proving a high point in the casting.

Regression is about false memory syndrome and outbreak of mass hysteria in some parts of the USA.Director and writer Alejandro Amenábar seems to have lost his way when he showed so much promise some years ago.Detective Bruce Kenner (Ethan Hawke) gets obsessed about an investigation on satanic cults and ritual sex abuse. One young woman (Emma Watson) believes she was abused as a child including by her father. The more Kenner delves into this investigation he becomes unhinged, even thinks that fellow police officers might have something to hide. Eventually Kenner thinks people are seeing what they want to see and hear what they want hear as the line between lies and reality have become blurred.The film comes across as flat, slow and subdued. It is one of these small town thrillers that actually looks cheap despite a few known stars being cast. There should had been an interesting, thought provoking film however it just ended up being dismal with cheap scares. I think you might be better off watching Rosemary's Baby.