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Afraid is an American sci-fi horror film written, directed, and produced by Chris Weitz under the production houses Blumhouse Productions, Depth of Field Banner

Afraid Movie Review

Afraid Movie Review English Movie Review
Review for the film " Afraid"
Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video
Runtime: 01 Hour 24 Minutes
Certificate: UA
Released: 30-08-2024
Genre: Thriller
2 / 5.00
3.43 / 5.0

CAST & CREW


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  • Producer:
  • Dan Balgoyen
  • Chris Weitz
  • Beatriz Sequeira
  • Britta Rowings
  • Andrew Miano
  • Paul O. Davis
  • Jason Blum
  • James Moran
  • Cinematographer:
  • Javier Aguirresarobe
  • Editor:
  • Priscilla Nedd-Friendly
  • Timothy Alverson
  • Writer:
  • Composer:
  • Alex Weston
  • Director:
  • Costume Designer:
  • Molly Grundman
  • Art Director:
  • Christopher Tandon
  • Geoff Wallace
  • Assistant Director:
  • James Moran
  • Phil DeSanti
  • Esraa Darwish
  • Casting Director:
  • Terri Taylor
  • Ally Conover
  • Production Manager:
  • Katrina Elder
  • Production Designer:
  • David Brisbin
  • Set Decorator:
  • Julia Altschul
  • Actor:
  • Elliott McKenzie
  • Rocio Scotto
  • Frank Scozzari
  • Isaac Bae
  • David Dastmalchian
  • Jimmy Galeota
  • Athena Garcia
  • John Cho
  • Mason Shea Joyce
  • Ashton Essex Bright
  • Riki Lindhome
  • Greg Hill
  • Bennett Curran
  • Wyatt Lindner
  • Ashley Romans
  • Lukita Maxwell
  • Keith Carradine
  • Havana Rose Liu
  • Katherine Waterston
  • River Drosche
  • Todd Waring
  • Simon Craig Raynes
  • Rachael Hip-Flores
  • Timothy Thomas Brown
  • Dustin Stern-Garcia
  • JD Garcia
  • Maya Manko
  • Vaughndio Forbes
  • James Mitchell-Clyde
  • Louis De La Costa
  • Ben Youcef
  • Rogelio Douglas III
  • Zeke Alton
  • Pam Cook
  • Sound Department:
  • Caleb Hollenback
  • Duncan McRae
  • Tom Hartig
  • Zack Goldsborough
  • Michael J. Benavente
  • Kevin Becker
  • Christopher Battaglia
  • Mitchell Lestner
  • Trino Madriz
  • Joe Schiff
  • Russell Topal
  • Mark Weingarten
  • Randy Wilson
  • Music Department:
  • Brett Pierce
  • Mike Datz
  • Ben Zales
  • Art Department:
  • Chris Ubick
  • Kate Weddle
  • Ben Wolcott
  • Silvia Donati
  • Ryan Salisbury
  • Lauren \'Ron\' Penizotto
  • Brendan O\'Connor
  • Ava Anderson
  • Athena Andoniades
  • Natalia Brito
  • Brandy Coplan
  • Kelly Deco
  • Tyler Doty
  • Joseph Grant
  • Allison Gross
  • Mike Maltz
  • Igor Knezevic
  • Attila Kiss
  • Benton Jew
  • Sarah Dawn Hamlin
  • empty:
  • Timothy Thomas Brown
  • Timothy Eulich
  • Vaughndio Forbes
  • JD Garcia
  • Sarah Moser
  • Mallory Thompson
  • Trampas Thompson
  • Frank Trigg
  • Special Effects:
  • Daniel Yeager
  • M Quinn
  • Visual Effects:
  • Drew Sacks
  • Daniel L. Smith
  • Anurag Tripathi
  • Kollen Wasylean
  • Jon Rhinehardt
  • Anthony Ocampo
  • Shana Belton
  • Daniel Berkowitz
  • Bryan Binder
  • Caleb Knueven
  • Sam Lemme
  • Andrew Lewitin
  • Fernanda Martin
  • Marc Merhej
  • Gerad Metz
  • empty:
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Eden Elizalde
  • Nina Adado
  • Mara Rouse
  • Emily Margaret
  • Katie Machaiek
  • Camera Department:
  • Jeff Mathews
  • Patrick Mattes
  • Ignacio Musich
  • Robert Streeper
  • Mariana Sánchez de Antuñano
  • Brent Wilson
  • Miles Wilson
  • Mike Wong
  • Ernesto Joven
  • William Grenon Hayes
  • Ian Carre-Burritt
  • Shane Buttle
  • Javier Santos Audera
  • Eric Catelan
  • Samantha Chadbourne
  • Philip Collins
  • Scott Dale
  • Chauncy Godwin
  • Dustin Gardner
  • Graham Futerfas
  • Gabriel De La Parra
  • empty:
  • Reyn Danesi
  • Hayden Grove
  • Lauren M. Higgs
  • Jeremy Johnson
  • Diane Kirman
  • Jessie LaFave
  • DAC
  • Jordan London
  • Debra Woods Kaufmann
  • Jeremiah Wiseblood
  • Miles Wilson
  • Lindsay Webb
  • Steve Trombatore
  • Kira Robbins
  • Lily Oehm
  • Don Napoli
  • Cody R. Miller
  • Jacob Berman
  • Cait Alexander
  • Daniel Benjamin
  • Brandon Workman
  • Casting Department:
  • Susan Boyajian
  • Hilary Matkovich
  • Matthew Nelson
  • empty:
  • Sharon Gilligan
  • Erik Kaufmann
  • Michael Hatzer
  • Tyler Ferguson
  • Ned Thorne
  • Derek Larsen
  • David Morales
  • Matteo Saradini
  • AnDy Wu
  • Liliana M. Molina
  • Location Management:
  • Vladimira Dickerson
  • Carrie L.A.
  • empty:
  • Don Violett
  • Jeremy Whalon
  • Chasen Ibarra

Afraid is an American sci-fi horror film written, directed, and produced by Chris Weitz Chris is a film producer, screenwriter, author, ac >> Read More... under the production houses Blumhouse Productions, Depth of Field Banners and Columbia Pictures and distributed by Sony Pictures. The film’s music is composed by Alex Weston, the cinematography is done by Javier Aguirresarobe, and Priscilla-Nedd Friendly is in charge of editing. The film stars John Cho It might be an innate gift to become famous in two >> Read More... , Katherine Waterston Katherine Waterston aka Katherine Boyer Waterston >> Read More... , Havana Rose Liu, Lukita Maxwell, David Dashtmalchain, and Keith Carradine.

Plot

A nuclear family led by a marketing genius and a stay at home mom who wants to finish her research but can’t because of the kids, and they are struggling to keep their house afloat with three kids. AIA (a virtual home assistant) gets installed in their home. At first, she helps in making the tasks more manageable, entertaining the kids, helping mom with paperwork related to her research and health insurance. But one day AIA starts controlling the family and enforcing the notion how a family should be? Putting the lives of the family in danger.

Star performance

The star cast has done a formidable job. John Cho, Katherine Waterston as the couple makes you empathize with them. The kids have also done a great job and AIA (voiced by Havana Rose Liu) comes as sweet yet scary.

Analysis

The film builds up anticipation really well. The entry of AIA in the family’s life, how easier their lives are becoming and voila one day it goes downhill. The director highlights the pros and cons of artificial intelligence in today's world. The film has some creepy moments, but it doesn't hit you in the head as the film has interesting yet fascinating ideas and also has parallels with the real world. The moment the family starts to think something is weird the film drops the narrative and seems too much and the climax seems rushed, incomplete, and flat, not making you feel anything. The film is very similar to M3gan, The Social Dilemma but these films are more thought provoking and detailed in their narrative. This film feels like ticking the elements it wants to discuss and just end it there. The film has an interesting subject but doesn't explore anything beyond what we’ve seen.

What's there?

  • Interesting subject matter
  • Some sequences of horror

What's not there?

  • A weak and confused narrative
  • The climax feels rushed and incomplete.

Verdict

Afraid is a vanilla film with an exciting subject matter. And it can be watched once.


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