Review: ‘Greta’ keeps film goers guessing

Chlöe Grace Moretz plays Frances in the new film, Gerta.

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Chlöe Grace Moretz plays Frances in the new film, “Gerta.”

Joelene Hefferon, Staff Writer

The drama and thriller “Greta,” which opened earlier this month at Loews AMC Danbury 16, is an eerie and suspenseful popcorn flick. There is always a moment that has you questioning or anticipating what will happen next.

The director of this film is Neil Jordan of “Interview with a vampire” and “The Crying Game” fame. Focus Features produced the film.

The main actors in the film are Chloë Grace Moretz, a 22-year-old American actress. She is known for her roles in the movies “If I stay” and the “Carrie” remake. And Isabelle Huppert, a 65-year-old actress who is known for her roles in “8 Femmes” and “La Pianiste.”

Moretz plays Frances McCullen, who finds an abandoned purse on the subway and she returns it to Greta Hideg, played by Huppert.

The movie takes place in New York City, where McCullen lives with her best friend Erica Penn, who is played by Maika Monroe.

Right from the first encounter with Frances and Greta, the movie starts to take an eerie turn and shows the dark side of this little old lady Greta. This movie really goes to show you that you can never trust a stranger.

Huppert flawlessly displays the picture-perfect image of the sweet old lady, and the psycho stalker by the name of Greta. It is almost freakishly unnormal that Huppert could play such a creepy individual, but maintain to keep the character looking innocent the whole time.

Throughout the whole movie I was on the edge of my seat and was anticipating the next move to happen. If you are a fan of suspenseful movies with just a bit of violence, I would definitely recommend you watch this movie.

What I wasn’t a fan of throughout the movie was that basically everything I viewed in the trailer spoiled the plot for the whole movie. I knew what I was expecting throughout the majority of the movie and I didn’t like that I could predict events before they happened. I am a fan of being left in the dark and not knowing what would happen next, but with this movie you had insight of what was going to happen. Overall, I believe the movie was suspenseful and a good watch.

The movie, rated R, has a run time of just about an hour and a half.