A young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.... (Full plot summary below)
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A young woman moves into a new apartment with her fiancé only to be tormented by the feeling that she is being stalked by an unseen watcher in an adjacent building.
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| The New York TimesLena WilsonOne of this century’s most arresting tales of female anxiety. |
| Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshThis beautifully crafted jewel of a throwback thriller signifies Okuno as a talent to watch, but furthermore, it pushes the viewer to question what, and who, we choose to believe and why. |
| Paste MagazineJacob OllerWatcher flourishes as it complicates its premise beyond the unknowable and faceless desires of a shadowy silhouette. |
| Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerColdly gorgeous and never less than enthralling, Watcher is undoubtedly worth watching. |
| The Associated PressJake CoyleOkuno’s taut feature artfully reconstructs a Hitchcockian thriller around, yes, a blonde heroine in Monroe, but one with her own gaze and distinct anxieties. |
| ColliderTherese LacsonOkuno is certainly not showing us anything we haven't seen before, indeed these stories are all too familiar, unfortunately. But the skill is not making the horror indulgent. Julia's dread is something we feel distinctly. Monroe, someone familiar with the horror genre, is perfect as our hero who is equal parts determined and terrified. |
| The Film StageJake Kring-Schreifels[Okuno’s] made a smart, controlled movie of pricks and gestures and tones that accumulate into a satisfying catharsis. And perhaps validated the urge to follow your gut. |
| TheWrapWilliam BibbianiIt’s a film about a bleak and cruel universe that is unkind to victims and eager to ignore reasonable pleas, a world that has a conscious and subconscious vendetta against women in general. It’s also a film that thinks it’s entirely possible to destroy that world, as terrifying as it is, and ultimately, it’s the movie’s principled strength that endures. |
| The GuardianMike McCahillUnimprovably brisk at 91 minutes, Watcher is not messing around – and probably won’t hang around long in cinemas with starry awards fare in the offing. But a few more of these nifty diversions, and the multiplexes might once again be a viable night out. |
| Time OutAnna BogutskayaOkuno’s direction and Monroe’s performance, together, create a simmering anxiety that never really relents, not even when we know the answers to the questions that are consuming Julia: is that man really watching me and, if so, what does he want from me? |
