KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

michaeltrivedi I have been giving out a lot of 7's lately, so I am going to purposefully give this a 6. It definitely has it's boring points, but it depicts a serial killer in Los Angeles, bored with ordinary life. I can't really say it's a good movie, but it does it's job. It was fun to watch, but it wouldn't even be in my top 10 random horror movies to watch on a random Wednesday night.6 Stars

Platypuschow Elijah Wood is a highly versatile actor, he's done everything bar play an action hero in his career and for the most part he's succeeded. A foray into a psychotic isn't a new thing for him as he did a competent job in Sin City (2005) but his character here is somewhat different.First of all the entire movie plays out in first person through the eyes of our lead, the only time you ever actually see Wood is via a reflection (Which happens rather a lot) He's character is a mentally ill psychotic with a fixation for mannequins, mummy issues and a possible case of severe misogyny.Though the movie looks very slick it's not easy viewing. I don't mean that because of the subject matter or the violent acts that take place but more the vibe that just didn't sit right with me.America Olivo is a highly wasted actress and has a very small role in the film which I found to be a huge let down. Combine that with a dull lead female and Wood just making me cringe throughout and the cast failed on every front.Maniac did nothing for me, left my skin crawling and I failed to see any entertainment value.The Good: Brutal death scenes The Bad: Horrible unnerving vibe to the whole film Poorly cast Awful finale Things I learnt from this movie: America Olivo deserves better roles Scalping is really easy and can be completed in under 5 seconds Our killer is fine killing innocent women but when a man calls him gay and dries his hands on his jacket he does nothing

reid-hawk I feel like I only do reviews for movies I dislike, or at least feel really strongly about. Maniac is definitely one of those movies. This movie just rubbed me the wrong way. It was too gory. Like way way way WAY too gory. I know gore is an art form and it takes talent to make it look good, but there is no way that you can possibly justify showing me three gruesome and detailed scalpings and a a scene of a man puking up what looks like dogfood and expect me to enjoy that. There's no reason for it to be in the film. It's pretty gross but mainly its just obnoxious. The first person view this movie goes for is cool and pretty well done, but it definitely leads to some issues. This movie has some terrible voiceovers, like when Frank is at a date the girl says multiple things without her mouth ever moving. There's also a scene where Frank punches somebody (complete with the generic thwack sound) without his arm ever moving. These problems with the first person don't completely ruin the effect, and it even has some nice transitions into third person. However, this movies sh!t acting by nearly all characters, weak story, overused and pornographized use of gore, all make this movie not worth watching. It's not even fun to watch as just as a straight up murder spree type film cause of the sh!tty forced story between Elijah Wood and the random @ss girl he falls in love with that takes up too much time. Don't watch this movie

Temujn Dagvaa First of all my rate to this film is 9 out of 10 and i will explain why i rated this movie, higher.Accordin to people's review they're all saying one thing is missing,theme is bad,bad plot etc...For me this film is just masterpiece.Because its atmosphere , its soundtrack and acting are just freaked me out and editors really showed the bittersweet life of maniac and made us feel the world of psycho!!! I would say this film really showed us the act of a psychopath,their feeling ,their aspect of life and how they perceive society and how they see the world and i would say that this film helped me to see the world from their eyes and it's not just a thriller crime movie its a piece of scene how some hidden society see the world.And about Elijah Wood, he's the right person to take this role.I really wanna let know to other people who's not satisfied or not liked this film is that they don't feel deeply of its hidden beauty, of a psychopath mind like a beautiful mind.