SubHysteria (2010) Reviews

• Quite Interesting (Minor Spoilers)

  PsychoCalipso2010-05-20

  I would recommend watching this with an open mind. Although it has it's lows (tap dance scene, which was way too long and loud) it's a very well accomplished movie from a psychologists point of view. Shows a very accurate description of human behavior under extreme circumstances and the good thing is it doesn't show weird out-off-character-heroism usually used in todays movies of this genre. I have seen complaints about the camera movements, yet, personally, I think it adds to the whole suspense and stress the characters are dealing with. Overall is a very good movie and I would recommend you watch it before making any assumptions about it from comments or other reviews.

• What a great, honest and genius film!

  eduardovalero7772010-05-19

  I've been waiting for this film for months, well, the wait was worthy. This is an unique Venezuelan film, that shows how with next to nothing, but guts, you can make a great, great movie. Since the tap at the beginning, you know what you're about to watch an honest piece. I couldn't believe it was improvised. I really loved the concept from the get go and now that I watched it, I have anything but admiration for the team that make this film possible, The photography was beautiful, the sound outstanding! (rare in a Venezuelan film). The characters are very well presented and the acting is pretty much awesome for being improv. I felt inside that metro car, suffering with the characters, it was shaky, it was tough, it was raw. A movie that make you sense all this, is simply great. Kudos to subHysteria, a movie that will change the face of the Venezuelan cinema!

• This needs to be said, and may be SPOILERS on the way

  rainbowchelita2010-05-14

  Doesn't worth watching at all... From the moment it started i saw it was a complete waste of time. All the angles and audio were just too much to handle, it caused me vertigo, and i'm not kidding. The tap dancing was annoying and really long, too much to be bearable. i didn't get if it was just a wagon or a whole train and why do these people were the ones to survive or how they did it , or what did really happened, was it an earthquake or what? Trying to pass the zoomed shots , all the bad audio and a lack of plot, the acting is really poor. None of the actors reaches to the audience at any point, and there's no time to connect with any of them at all.I think they tried to do like a BABEL thing or CRASH but not accomplished. There are flashes of what the people in that wagon did earlier that day, trying to build some character i guess, but the flashes are so short you can't really get into it. Most of the scenes does not make sense, the reactions of the characters are way exaggerated and too stereotypical. A grand part of the audience just stood up and left in the middle of the movie, it was quite a trainwreck (yes, pun intended), it felt more promising the short film presented before it (Jesús TV in Venezuela) than the actual movie. You expect it to get better but actually it doesn't. I wouldn't recommend it not even for rental.

• A good premise, wasted

  Leofwine_draca2017-06-16

  Believe it or not, SUBHYSTERIA is an indie drama made in Venezuela, although shot in New York. The story is quite interesting and about a bunch of characters trapped in a carriage on a subway train. However, the terrible execution is where this falls down. Instead of focusing on the intensity and claustrophobia of the situation, the running time is chock full of endless flashbacks showing the boring everyday lives of the characters. Even worse, the dialogue in the train itself is completely ad-libbed, which makes it more inane than realistic. I found it a mess, even if it is a mess with the best intentions.

• Extremely Realistic

  cbrutter2012-08-27

  This movie is genius. I was caught up in it right away! It is so realistic, in fact so much so, that I forgot it isn't real. More movies need to be like this. I have a lot of respect for the director and actors. The camera-work helped create the feeling of reality. You could hear other conversations going on in the background, and the plot moved fluidly. Character growth was believable, and the actors stayed true to their character. Great improvising, and totally realistic. I especially liked the interactions between the characters, which felt honest and unscripted (which they were). The death scenes are so real, I thought it was a snuff film at first. I recommend this movie to everyone.