Proxy

Name: Proxy
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: April 18, 2014
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 57

2014

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IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 18, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and evenWhile walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people. [IFC Midnight]… Expand

Director: Zack Parker

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Inkoo Kang

Apr 17, 2014

Whatever Proxy lacks in narrative cohesion and psychological realism, it makes up for in its compelling fever-dream quality and its probing questions about the darker side of parenting. Read full review

Mike D'Angelo

Apr 16, 2014

Director and co-writer Zack Parker (Scalene) combines a Hitchcockian penchant for disorientation with a Brian De Palma-esque formal bravado, and he’s made the rare film that’s impossible to peg all the way up to its final minutes—a truly unnerving study in multiple pathologies. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Apr 18, 2014

Parker has made a tough, brutal, and often riveting thriller. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Apr 14, 2014

Skirting horror and black-comedy terrain without quite surrendering to either, the pic proves rather bracing even if it doesn’t hold up to much plot-logic scrutiny. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Apr 17, 2014

Employing scaled-down sets and low-budget audacity, Mr. Parker, an intelligent and boundary-testing filmmaker, proves less concerned with logic than with how far he can push his characters. Read full review

Michael Nordine

Apr 16, 2014

Though Proxy shows early signs of being worthy of that vaunted company, it's brought down by some truly wooden performances and an inability to turn its interesting spark of an idea into a workable story. Read full review

Chuck Bowen

Apr 13, 2014

It transforms itself from a meek lo-fi indie stalker thriller in the key of May to a hysterically sexist and homophobic revenge film. Read full review

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ariel84

Jul 19, 2014

although the film was shot on location in indiana, it has the blank feel of taking place in nowheresville. that's the best part. the worst was the prosthetic pregnant belly of the main character. it looked like rubber and was shaped like a rectangle. only one really creepy moment in thealthough the film was shot on location in indiana, it has the blank feel of taking place in nowheresville. that's the best part. the worst was the prosthetic pregnant belly of the main character. it looked like rubber and was shaped like a rectangle. only one really creepy moment in the whole 2 hrs and that involved the person in the red hoodie flitting in the background.… Expand

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