ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

SnoopyStyle School teacher Anna Marchant (Milla Jovovich) lives with boyfriend Bryce (Michael Shanks). Serial killer Tearjerk Jack is on the loose. Francine (Sarah Wayne Callies) and Nina (Valentina Vargas) are her friends. One night, she witnesses an attack by Tearjerk Jack and is attacked herself. She falls off a bridge and wakes up with brain damage. He takes her phone. She has Prosopagnosia, an inability to recognize faces. Police detective Sam Kerrest (Julian McMahon) is investigating Tearjerk Jack.This is an intriguing premise for a psychological thriller. The changing faces can be off-putting for the audience. It is a difficult thing to get used to. I really like the coping mechanism and her training. However, the face changing does get into the way of good storytelling. I have no easy solution but I do like the premise.

blanche-2 Is this how Julian McMahon really looks now, or was it just for this movie? Mila Jovovich stars in "Faces in the Crowd" from 2011. She costars with the aforementioned Julian McMahon, and, of all people, Marianne Faithful. I couldn't believe it. Not only did the main character have a problem with "face blindness" but I had it looking at Julian McMahon, with a pot belly and a pitch black wig and at the older psychologist, played by Marianne Faithful, a once drug-addicted singer with long blond hair and a face like Roseanna Arquette.Whoa. Jovovich is Anna, an elementary school teacher who witnesses a murder and is attacked by the killer. She falls into the water but is rescued. When she wakes up, she has a case of face-blindness and can't recognize anyone. Everyone looks the same to her. This means that she cannot pick out the murderer in a line-up or in a book of suspects.This is a real, if rare condition that apparently Brad Pitt has. I know someone who worked with him who said he is extremely friendly on the set, but doesn't seem to know people off the set. I then read that he believes he has this disorder, known as prosopagnosia and at the time of the article, he was planning to be tested for it.Anna does not tell her live-in boyfriend Bryce (Michael Shanks) that the disorder has continued. She sees a psychologist (Faithfull) who teaches her to keep a notebook and to learn to identify people by clothing, mannerisms, etc. Meanwhile, the killer knows who she is, and she is in danger of not recognizing him if he comes after her.I didn't mind this film, and I find the subject of prosopagnosia fascinating. It didn't have huge production values, and there was nothing really to make it stand out as a film. When Sam (McMahon), the detective involved in the investigation, takes her to the small island town where he grew up, the water looked incredibly fake.The acting was okay. Mila Jovovich is a striking young woman and she did a pretty good job. Yes, this film could have been better, many films can. But it was a good plot.

gridoon2018 "Faces In The Crowd" is a nice throwback to such early-1990s thrillers as "Blink" or "Whispers In The Dark". Milla Jovovich, who was also one of the executive producers so she clearly believed in this project, is convincing in the central role, and I think it was a masterstroke to cast many different people in certain roles....in fact, the casting department found so many similar-looking people that you often can't be sure, just like the heroine (the effect is intentional), who you're looking at! You may be shocked to read at the closing credits that certain characters were interpreted by over a dozen people! What is less shocking is the identity of the killer; there are only three real suspects, after all. But the film will keep you guessing for quite a while, and the ending itself is more downbeat than expected. **1/2 out of 4.

Stanjaudit A very good movie. Tense, thrilling and sensational. Script and directing was good. Some folks felt that Milla Jovoich can't act. It's beyond me why some people want to beat up on some actors so bad. That's like saying John Wayne or Clint Eastwood can't perform or are one dimensional. Come on folks actors are professionals and put their time into it as they know their job is to entertain us. In the case of this movie the rare disease that Anna suffered, Milla Jovoich would've spent time learning about it and how people cope with it. After all she was one of the Executive Producers of this movie. She is serious about her business and the roles she takes on. Faces in the Crowd is no exception.