Complete Unknown

2016 "You are who you say you are."
5.4| 1h30m| R| en
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Tom’s birthday dinner party is turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Alice, an old flame who changed her identity and vanished without a trace 15 years prior.

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Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.
TrueHello Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Janae Milner Easily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
Bele Torso This is not a movie for an American audience in general, it just isn't. It is a move for adults. It is mature and sophisticated. That means no CGI or action with guns to solve problems. We just lost 70% of the American audience. This is not for younger people. When we say "art" movie or some other genre, what does that mean?This is a movie about relationships and the complexity of life. Are you telling me people cannot relate to their split sides? Everyone has a fragmented self. Movies like can illuminate, but I think those who are shallow and in denial cannot see what is right in front of them. If you saw this in a theater, you were probably with someone. Who wants to walk out of the theater and say, "Wow...I have a lot of Alice in me!" No...we want to hide our shame, not reveal it. If you watch this movie alone, it impacts differently. So yeah...it is slow and boring to many, but this is an adult movie with intelligence and great acting. There are so many subtle nuances to these characters. This requires attention and focus. You can't watch this with kids playing or phones ringing...FOCUS folks...this is worth it, unless you never want to look at self.
uthusantuhan In the beginning it was sparkling with mysterious vibes. But the flavor went numb vanishing slowly but surely in the ambient sound.One thing good about this movie that the GAY theme is so subtly put in the form of frogs. I wonder why American movies must include gay theme on their stories, not everyone is willing to watch them. Am I right? Mind control eh?So, back to the movie, this one is a full frontal feminist freight train. The woman was portrayed as an amazing genius character switcher. And the man was an ordinary working class numb skull. Too stupid to see the big picture.I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, but the idea of the lead woman being able to do what she does that is quite interesting. Or not at all, because to manipulate people is human nature some had it big some small. I just think this woman was crazy and heartless, like so many of them these days, cold and unforgiving and loveless.Amen
Moviegoer19 I watched this movie because I've often thought about how great it would be to keep switching lives the way "Alice" did in this film. Despite a beautiful performance by Rachel Weisz,I felt that the script and therefore the film, was limited. It seems like the kind of film in which the book, if there is one, would be much better.The film made it seem as if Alice's changes were all about moving from job to job and location to location. It reminded me of when people say "Don't define me by what I do for a living" because that's what Alice appeared to do. She was a singer, a biologist, a teacher, an artist, etc. What was not touched upon was her relationships. At one point Tom asks her if she had been married; she says no. I would have asked "Did you have any relationships?" suspecting the answer might be yes, but none lasting. The message came across that yes it's exciting, romantic and adventurous to keep on moving and changing one's home and one's job, but it's doable only by being completely selfish and beholden to no one. In just about all Alice's actions, including at the party, she seemed to not care at all about anyone but herself. Perhaps that's the only way one can live such a self-oriented life... unless you happen to have a partner who is just like you and lives life as your carbon copy.
adonis98-743-186503 As a man contemplates moving to a new state with his wife for her graduate program, an old flame - a woman who often changes identities - reenters his life at a birthday dinner party. Complete Unknown suffers from a bad script and a very dull plot, the pacing is really bad and it's edited very poorly with shots of people's backs or even some empty room. The very first few scenes make no sense and unless you see the trailer or read the plot you won't really understand what this woman is doing for the past few years. Overall this movie is bad and the director should feel bad for wasting the talents of Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon, Kathy Bates and Danny Glover and i'm gonna give it a 4/10.