Rotten
[With] performances better suited to a high school play
Jordan Hoffman, New York Daily News
Overview
While walking home from her latest OB appointment, a very pregnant Esther Woodhouse is brutally attacked and disfigured by a hooded assailant. This horrible event seems to be a blessing in disguise when Esther finds consolation in a support group. Her life of sadness and solitude is opened up to friendship, understanding, and even acceptance. However, friendship and understanding can be very dangerous things when accepted by the wrong people.
Director and cast
- Zack Parker Director
- Alexia Rasmussen as Esther Woodhouse
- Kristina Klebe as Anika Baron
- Alexa Havins as Melanie Michaels
- Joe Swanberg as Patrick Michaels
- Brittany Wagner as Counter Girl
- Faust Checho as Detective Allen
- Erika Hoveland as Mary Wilkens
- Kitsie Duncan as Support Victim
- Jim Dougherty as Store Manager
- Mark A. Nash as Anchorman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
When almost everyone on screen is nursing a pathology, interest in their fates is far from guaranteed.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Fresh
Whatever "Proxy" lacks in narrative cohesion and psychological realism, it makes up for in its compelling fever-dream quality and its probing questions about the darker side of parenting.
Inkoo Kang, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Proxy's greatest attribute is its deliberate dismantling of the audience's assumptions. Writer-director Zack Parker has made a genre whatsit whose central mystery lies in the stealth motivations of its characters.
A.A. Dowd, AV Club
Rotten
Like a lot of conspiracy thrillers, the questions it raises prove more compelling than the answers it slowly teases out.
Michael Nordine, Village Voice
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