A Cure for Wellness
2016
*½
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Harry Groener, Celia Imrie, Adrian Schiller, Ivo Nandi, Ashok Mandanna, Tomas Norström, David Bishins, Carl Lumbly, Lisa Banes
A young overworked executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from a wellness center in the Swiss Alps. He discovers a mysterious facility that uses questionable practices on its patients, yet they have no wish to leave. Gore Verbinski's psychological horror film is visually stunning (apart from the awful CGI eels) and it features a lovely soundtrack by Benjamin Wallfisch. However, the story by Verbinski and Justin Haythe is the bastard son of Shutter Island and The Road to Wellville, and it's frankly stupid, ridiculous, and disgusting. Dane DeHaan is out of his depth as the young stockbroker, who begins to question his own sanity.
