Interesting but a prisoner of its initial idea

The film describes the autopsy of a woman with an unknown identity (a generic “Jane Doe” in fact) and the sinister events that follow.

In itself the idea is interesting, but in fact the film remains a sort of documentary of an autopsy, in the sense that in my opinion the clinical investigation could have occupied a much shorter time, even at the cost of sacrificing a bit of splatter and leaving room for a greater development of the history of the woman, who remains only sketched in broad outlines. Unfortunately, this is not the only flaw I found in the screenplay, which is at times a little incomplete (and easily predictable for the most astute spectators). I know it was highly praised by critics and objectively it's not bad, but I have the feeling that it wasted a lot of potential.

 

What I liked:

    <9 >The actors, credible and good even when the script didn't help them
  • The sets, realistic and distressing 
  • The atmosphere of the film, rather claustrophobic

What I didn't like:

  • The story, in some points devoid of logical sense: difficult to explain without spoiling the film, but just for one thing, throughout the film it is never explained how Jane ended up Doe in the spot where she is found at the beginning (the medical examiner and her son understand that she died elsewhere, but this detail is completely useless for narrative purposes, the whole story could have been set there and best regards) nor, which is surreal, how she died given that ***SPOILER*** in fact the girl survived the fire, the poisoning, the stabbing etc etc but somehow in the end she died. As? no.
  • The excessive weight given to the autopsy compared to the story: I agree that the film is called "autopsy", but it could have been a starting point, not a long series of splatter effects that soon they become repetitive and boring and make you suspect that the film is all there, the rest is a somewhat botched outline.
  • The twists and jump scares, very predictable because they are typical of the genre.
  • <9 >The protagonists who, in order to bring the film to a semblance of a conclusion, suddenly become seers who are experts in the occult and know exactly what to do to carry out a sort of ritual.

Who might like this film:

Too splatter for the casual viewer, too predictable and senseless for fans, who however could appreciate it in the absence of better alternatives.

 

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