trance
An art auctioneer who has become mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.
Danny Boyle is one of the most ambitious filmmakers in Hollywood. While it may not be one of his best works, Trance is an intelligent and complex thriller. The first scene is the most intriguing with James McAvoy's character Simon, an auctioneer giving a narration about how anyone can steal a painting and what to do in the situation of an auction heist. Vincent Cassel's character Franck, and his group of criminal break in to steal a value piece of art. Danny Boyle's cinematography and visual style is dazzling. The performance are also great. James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel are fantastic. Rosario Dawson gives the best performance of her career as Elizabeth Lamb, a hypnotherapist that tries to help Simon remember where he put the painting Franck is after. The narrative is complicated and starts to get confusing, with so many dream sequences and plot twists, but never predictable. It reminds me of something like Inception. I would have liked to see this more focused on the heist part of the story. Trance is a fun, stylish and entertaining film.
Danny Boyle is one of the most ambitious filmmakers in Hollywood. While it may not be one of his best works, Trance is an intelligent and complex thriller. The first scene is the most intriguing with James McAvoy's character Simon, an auctioneer giving a narration about how anyone can steal a painting and what to do in the situation of an auction heist. Vincent Cassel's character Franck, and his group of criminal break in to steal a value piece of art. Danny Boyle's cinematography and visual style is dazzling. The performance are also great. James McAvoy and Vincent Cassel are fantastic. Rosario Dawson gives the best performance of her career as Elizabeth Lamb, a hypnotherapist that tries to help Simon remember where he put the painting Franck is after. The narrative is complicated and starts to get confusing, with so many dream sequences and plot twists, but never predictable. It reminds me of something like Inception. I would have liked to see this more focused on the heist part of the story. Trance is a fun, stylish and entertaining film.