Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

YouHeart I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

Spoonatects Am i the only one who thinks........Average?

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

SnoopyStyle It's 1880 New Zealand. Victoria (Jodie Foster) is on trial. She recalls her journey to that point. As a baby, she was dropped off at an orphanage. Growing up at the orphanage, she is introduced to merchant Oliver Thompson (John Lithgow) who quickly proposes. She marries the stranger and discovers that he's a controlling, volatile creep. His father is more of the same but his brother George is much more sensitive.The first half is perfectly fine. It's got the bad husband and brutalized young wife. It builds to a tense climatic moment halfway through. It does struggle to maintain that intensity in the second half. There is some ambiguity to the plot which does not really help. It needs to be tightened. It probably should turn into a trial movie with flashbacks. Although Jodie Foster was still in her early 20s, the character needs to be a teen and the closing text reveals the inspiration to be the trial of a 19 year old wife. Her vulnerability would be heighten with a younger actress. The movie seems to be holding back which prevents it from being better.

Peter Grunbaum I thought this was a fairly interesting movie about mesmerism and the so-called fourth dimension. It is also about a lot of other things but it does deliver if you want to experience something about the wonders of the mind and the nature of mesmerism. In 1880 mesmerism would have been a new science and I do not know if much has happened since in this area. The story moves very slowly but it all becomes clear in the end. Therefore I think this is a good movie with a very nice plot. Jodie Foster is very pretty as the lead character and it is interesting to see the countryside in New Zealand. I can understand if some people might find this movie boring but I did not since it all becomes clear in the end why the story was told in the way it is in the movie.

vicente_ss2005 I loved "Shocked" at the first time i saw it. Jodie's character is so convincing... Victoria is a lovely woman married with an horrible man. The love between Victoria and George is beautiful. The end is cool!. She is free now in company of her lover, George. Jodie produced this movie. Absolutely GREAT!!!. The music by Georges Delerue* is amazing, beautiful... When she walks in the forest and the sweet melody is like flying on the wind and the trees... One of my faves movies of Foster. I like all her films. But Shocked" is beautiful, sad, scary, . All the characters are convincing, but Foster is the BEST. WATCH IT!!!. A true story!.

FloatingOpera7 While some find this film dull, slow-paced and even pretentious, I think it's well-written and very haunting. Dating from 1986, Mesmerized stars Jodie Foster prior to her success in such films as Accused and Silence Of The Lambs or even Contact, and by then experienced actor John Lithgow. The premise- an orphaned New Zealand girl is sold into a loveless marriage with wealthy businessman who is cruel and abusive. Michael Murphy plays the role of Wilson, her distant lover. The dark character of Oliver Thomson is played terrifically by John Lithgow. The greatest scenes are those with Lithgow and Foster as Victoria. Jodie Foster, in British accent, plays a very authentic Victorian tragic heroine. The dominant, cruel and sexually bizarre Oliver further breaks the poor Victoria's spirit. Some of the film drags on to a kind of boredom, and lacks the necessary drive for a powerful horror (or psychological horror) as some other films, but it's very Gothic and haunting if you look closely. The dialog is stilted (John Lithgow is even using a Scottish accent) but it works mainly because it's a period piece. Shadows, Victorian homes, barnyards, eerie silences, all effectively work in this movie. The only parts I disliked were the scenes in which Oliver gets sick. He is a bit melodramatic in his sickness. Plus, its incongruous to his domineering persona once so healthy and virile. But the film is good to watch late night. It's almost a 19th century attempt at Silence Of the Lambs which would not come till about 5 years later for Foster, which would make her a star, opposite the equally famous Anthony Hopkins. This film is really quite good and among the better psychological horror pieces. The title refers to the fact Oliver uses hypnosis to control his feisty wife. Very chilling. Makes you think what would happen if someone in our own time would do that to control his or her own spouse. The cinematography is quite good, the costumes, the horse-drawn carriages, all add up to a sustained Gothic melodrama about a dominant man and his mousy wife, who is also not a force to be reckoned with.