The Resident (2011)
Brief review: Finnish TV director Antti Jokinen's first full-length feature, "The Resident" (In Theaters Feb 17), is a so-so cat-and-mouse thriller about an attractive young doctor, who starts to suspects she's not alone in her new loft, after realizing her landlord has formed an obsession with her. Though pretty disturbing and moderately gripping, "The Resident" fails to deliver on many levels, mainly due to Jokinen's flawed direction and unsteady pacing, and the clumsy editing by Stuart Levy. Not only that the film starts tediously slow and lacks any thrills in its first half, but it reveals too much in its middle part, and as a result it becomes instantly uninteresting, less suspenseful, and sadly, even more predictable. One of the most talented Hollywood actresses, Hilary Swank, delivers a typically solid performance as the incredibly sympathetic, yet emotionally confused Juliet. Plus, she has never looked better - her body is stunning, and her sun-kissed skin is glowing. Jeffrey Dean Morgan, does a great job with the material given. He's as charismatic as he's disturbing in his role as Max - an antisocial, voyeurism-obsessed middle-aged man, haunted by his repressed past, and you can't help but like him, and being afraid of him at the same time.
Overall summary: Aside from its thrilling final act, and Swank and Morgan's more-than-adequate performances, "The Resident" is just a mildly tense, uneven, and rather predictable voyeuristic thriller, that never rises above mediocrity.
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