I Still See You

 

I Still See You 2018

• Director: Scott Speer
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Bella Thorne, Richard Harmon, Dermot Mulroney, Thomas Elms
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Dermot Mulroney – The Mountain Between Us, Burn After Reading, Jolene, Undertow, About Schmidt
• Why? Curious
• Seen: 7 August 2023      

       After an energy catastrophe something something, all the casualties remain as ghosts, at least in Illinois where high school student Veronica (Thorne) lives. The rest of the world isn’t mentioned.

       It can be disconcerting, especially when one of the ghosts, Brian (Elms) breaks the ghost rules and makes contact with her. It seems that Brian was a murderer, so it’s kind of a murder mystery too.

       I have nothing against ghosts, although there aren’t many ghost films I like. Exceptions are, for example, The Woman in Black, 1408, The Others, Beetlejuice, The Sixth Sense.

       This isn’t one of them. I’m having trouble suspending disbelief and it’s just not very interesting. Essentially it’s just a small US town everybody-is-white high school film with ghosts.

       It’s not a bad film, but it’s not good either, though are some decent visuals. 

2* of 5