The Unseen (2016 film)

The Unseen
Directed by Geoff Redknap
Produced by Katie Weekley
Written by Geoff Redknap
Starring Aden Young
Camille Sullivan
Julia Sarah Stone
Ben Cotton
Music by Harlow MacFarlane
Cinematography Stephen Maier
Edited by Thom Klye
Production
company
Goonworks Films
Release date
 July 17, 2016 (Fantasia)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

The Unseen is a 2016 Canadian psychological horror film, directed by Geoff Redknap and released in 2016.[1]

Plot

The film stars Aden Young as Bob Longmore, a man struggling with a mysterious disease which is causing his body to slowly become invisible. Having abandoned his family eight years earlier when the condition began emerging, he lives in a logging town in the far north of British Columbia, isolating himself as much as possible and keeping his body carefully covered whenever he does have to interact with people.

When his ex-wife Darlene (Camille Sullivan) calls him to discuss their troubled teenage daughter Eva (Julia Sarah Stone), he resolves to return to the city, but is forced to deliver a supply of drugs for Crisby (Ben Cotton) in exchange for the repair of his vehicle; the visit becomes further complicated when Eva disappears soon after his return, forcing him to juggle the drug delivery with trying to find his daughter.[2]

Critical reaction

Variety film critic Dennis Harvey wrote that the film "is ultimately middling as a quasi-sci-fi/horror suspense drama, but it has authentic grit as a story about one man’s struggle with alcoholism and depression."[1] Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, John DeFore found the drug smuggling subplot unnecessary, but gave the film a favourable review overall and interpreted the invisibility plot as "a metaphor for a working class increasingly left out of society's decision-making processes".[2]

Awards

At the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2016, Stone was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film.[3]

The film received oneCanadian Screen Award nominations at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects.[4]

References

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