Regression

2015
1h 46min
15

Directed by: Alejandro Amenábar
Cast: Emma Watson, Ethan Hawke, David Thewlis
UK release: 9 October 2015

Minnesota, 1990: when teenager Angela (Watson) accuses her father (Dencik) of sexual abuse and he admits guilt while claiming to remember nothing, detective Bruce (Hawke) investigates. A sound premise and fine performances are let down by a disappointing and unsurprising script that hints at far more twists and chills than it delivers.

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Regression

7 Oct 2015

Ethan Hawke stars in a predictable chiller from the once-great Alejandro Amenábar

Writer-director Alejandro Amenábar’s psychological mystery thriller – ‘inspired’ by real events – is a stew of hypnotherapy, satanism, sexual abuse (mostly suggested rather than depicted, thank you) and the kind of mass hysteria that triggered the 17th…