
While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.... (Full plot summary below)
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While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneErik McClanahanGenre mashups are tough to pull off, but "Proxy" mostly does it. |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloDirector and co-writer Zack Parker (Scalene) combines a Hitchcockian penchant for disorientation with a Brian De Palma-esque formal bravado, and he’s made the rare film that’s impossible to peg all the way up to its final minutes—a truly unnerving study in multiple pathologies. |
| RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoParker has made a tough, brutal, and often riveting thriller. |
| Seven DaysMargot HarrisonThe movie has the kind of psychological plausibility that a fever dream does, the kind Blue Velvet does. |
| IndieWireEric KohnIncreasingly silly even as it maintains a grave tone, Proxy doesn't always work, but its commitment to unpredictable twists and pushing beyond morbid extremes bears the stamp of showmanship sorely lacking from many other examples of the genre. |
| Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangWhatever Proxy lacks in narrative cohesion and psychological realism, it makes up for in its compelling fever-dream quality and its probing questions about the darker side of parenting. |
| The A.V. ClubA.A. DowdProxy’s greatest attribute is its deliberate dismantling of the audience’s assumptions. |
| Film ThrillsDeirdre CrimminsEven with these flaws, Proxy is a fascinating film. |
| Eye for FilmJennie KermodeShifting focus half way through and playing with audience sympathies throughout, director Parker excels at misdirection but risks losing audience interest in the process. |
| VarietyDennis HarveySkirting horror and black-comedy terrain without quite surrendering to either, the pic proves rather bracing even if it doesn’t hold up to much plot-logic scrutiny. |