Simply Perfect

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Let's start by warning everyone that if you are not up for a weird, hardcore trip, not to see this movie. Actually, I would have said, if you have something better to watch, don't spend time with this movie.The movie itself is not bad, the acting is Excellent, the atmosphere is very good, but, there are lot of things that, I think, could have been much better if they had an explanation. Lot of things that happened in this movie, they don't really makes sense, apart from the shocking-factor. Yes, as I said, the acting is very good, and there are some images, scenes, very ambitious and excellent. But, if this movie would have had some kind of context, I think, it could have been much better. As I said, the movie is not bad, the only thing, I don't see anything else here than the intention to shock the viewer, and to try to make something intelligent, from a movie that could have been better with a closed ending, and some explanation. I just want my 2 hours back !!!

This is a more complex film than you usually get while surfing for thriller titles. I don't want to divulge anything about the plot - following the unexpected twists and turns is part of what makes it great. It's a bit like Blood Simple, in that none of the major characters has a complete picture of what is happening, even after they collide. The director may not be the Coen Bros quite yet, but he is on the right track!It moves at a fairly slow pace in the first half (a lesser film would have ended around the midpoint), but ends with a bang. Requires more patience than most thrillers these days.

in·trigue/verb/inˈtrēɡ/ 1. arouse the curiosity or interest of; fascinate. , be of interest to, fascinate, arouse someone's curiosity, arouse someone's interest, pique someone's curiosity, pique someone's interest, attract. PROXY gives even newer definition of this word. The other COMMENT's have said it all and, indeed, PROXY owes a debt to old Alfred H. In a nutshell PROXY is four central characters with antisocial and/or asocial psychological tendencies. Some of such traits are more pronounced and/or dormant but NONE of these four are less than psychologically sick. They navigate the world with their respective pathologies with varying degrees of success and the one ultimately successful has not him/herself to credit as much as our likewise twisted society. The only fault I could find is that some of the extended camera focus on daily routine is a bit overdone. WARNING: The event in the first five minutes is horrific enough to disqualify PROXY for the casual movie fan. But if you're a bit twisted like myself and some of the other COMMENT folk herein, Proxy is a "don't miss" event.

This review contains NO SPOILERS and I suggest you skip the reviews with spoilers until after you see the film.In my opinion this film is a gem in a sea of gravel. Although it could be more polished it nevertheless retains its value. The actors performances range from competent to stellar (Alexia Rasmussen was particularly impressive but everyone involved held their own and had their moments to shine) and this is in no small part due to good writing and direction. Cinematography is a similar affair ranging from adequate to mesmerizing. It is certainly a mixed bag but you'd be pressing pretty hard to go so far as to call any of it bad. I personally felt the score was superb and fit the tone of the scenes well.With the exception of a fairly brutal scene in the first act of the film there really isn't much violence or gore on screen here and what little of it there is was handled tastefully. Visually there is nothing here you won't have seen before. What makes it disturbing is the context, the emotional and psychological mayhem rippling through the characters affected and the cold distance maintained by those less/ unaffected around them. The behavior of the main characters may be extreme but they are the extremes of common conditions.This is where the film truly shines, as a study of the human condition when emotional needs are not satisfied, the common phenomenon of loneliness and isolation within a dense population and the resulting psychoses. The way empathy is handled in a clinical fashion by professionals and dished out superficially by peers when it suits their agenda, the way people within various relationships, genders (or rather, levels of masculinity or femininity within both genders) as well as how deserving a person may actually be of true empathy anyway are all bouncing off each other here and it's really engrossing to behold if this sort of thing interests you.I really don't want to spoil anything for any of the viewers for whom this film is intended so I hope it suffices to say that there are "twists" resulting from the nontraditional narrative structure that create an unpredictable thriller spliced with elements of drama/ horror. Every time I made an educated assumption of where things were headed the film surprised me and seemed to revel in doing so until the credits rolled.If you are the type of person who thinks a character in a film who happens to be of a certain gender or sexual orientation being portrayed as flawed is an accusation directed at everyone in that category or, more importantly, are enduring the loss of a loved one . . . viewer discretion is advised.I hope this film isn't lost in the horde of mediocre entries in the genre(s). From me this film scores a solid 8/10.