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Felicia's Journey (1999)

Felicia's Journey (1999)

An unsettling cross-country psychological thriller that takes unexpected twists and turns

7.1

Movie

Canada, United Kingdom
English, French, Irish
Drama
1999
ATOM EGOYAN
Arsinée Khanjian, Bob Hoskins, Bríd Brennan
116 min

TLDR

Stranger danger!

What it's about

After leaving Ireland to find her boyfriend in England, Felicia meets what seems to be a kindly old man that actually holds unsettling secrets.

The take

Usually a film like this wouldn’t care to take the perspective of the perpetrator, and would instead dramatize a heavy, unsettling feeling around a victim being caught within their operation. But Felicia’s Journey doesn’t take that route– instead, at the same time, we meet both serial killer and potential victim through a snapshot of their lives, with writer-director Atom Egoyan adeptly intercutting Felicia’s Journey with Hilditch’s video-recorded childhood and Felicia’s much more natural flashbacks. It’s an interesting visual take on the 1994 novel, that doesn’t take the usual thriller motifs and that would rather linger on studying the characters. Felicia’s Journey might be Egoyan’s first non-R rated film, but it still delivers his signature uneasiness and eeriness he is known for.

What stands out

The non-linear narrative might be a hit or miss for some viewers.

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