The 8th Day (2008)
A mysterious story set in a run-down house where an eccentric elderly lady lives alone. One day, a little girl steps inside the house and never comes back. The girl seems to be locked inside the house for 8 days. No one knows what is going on in the house except for a young doctor who witnesses everything.
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Fresh and Exciting
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
In every generation of directors, there is a rogue bunch setting out to demonstrate that the concepts of reality and truth are meaningless in movies, suspended in the eternal presence of the silver screen. If they fail, they fail by not going far enough. Trouble is you need the audience to believe in reality and truth, at least for a while, if only to mess with them in new and exciting ways. In his attempt to reconcile illusion and revelation, director Chatchai Yodsaranee walks a wobbly line. Imagine a kidnapping in which both the napper and the kid are victims, each in their own way. The basic plot idea of an unintentional crime is intriguing, but it doesn't carry for a whole week (in real life) or feature length (in a movie). Despite an interesting twist about half-way into the movie, this one should have been a short. Watsana Chalakorn, in the part of the witch, is overacting, grimacing like she's in a silent film. Interesting portrayal, by Thanavate Siriwattanagul, of a cold-blooded medical student who believes he can observe without interfering. As it stands, "The 8th Day" is a promising, but immature debut. Cool website though.