David Carranza

The Frame (2014) - 3/5

This is an uneven slow drama with some good ideas and several good attempts at acting. After a bit of action in the beginning, most of its runtime mills around the same intellectual ground without attempting any progress until the last 20 minutes. There are some great camera tricks that convey not a whole lot, though the film seems to think it’s profound. Still, it’s much better indie film making than most, and it neither comes together nor falls apart completely.

Closest comparison: It’s like Frequency by way of Ink.

Setting: Crime
Plot: Sci-Fi
Tone: Drama