‘Brain On Fire’ Trailer: Chloe Grace Moretz Is Losing Her Mind And Doctors Don’t Know Why
Chloe Grace Moretzhas grown up quite a bit since her early acting days. Her early years found her taking on supporting child star roles in the likes ofThe Amityville HorrorandBig Momma’s House 2. Thankfully, she graduated to better adolescent roles in(500) Days of Summer, Kick-AssandHugo. Now she’s talking on full-fledged adult roles, and her (nearly) latest turn is coming to Netflix.Brain on Fireadapts the true story of a New York Post journalist namedSusannah Cahalan, who suddenly found herself hearing voices, having seizures, and losing parts of her memory. Doctors had no idea what was causing these catastrophic developments in her mind and body. It sounds like a medical nightmare.
Watch the Brain on Fire Trailer
This trailer doesn’t exactly make this a must-see, which would explain why this movie has been sitting on a shelf since premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. It feels more like a feature length episode ofHouse M.D.rather than a festival movie worth seeking out on Netflix. It sounds like reviews from the film’s debut corroborate those initial impressions.
David Rooney atThe Hollywood Reporterwrote in his review:
“If you’re going to ask an audience to accompany your lead character down a disorienting spiral of memory lapses, paranoid episodes, manic mood swings, hallucinations and debilitating fatigue, it’s generally a good idea to make them care about her first. Irish filmmaker Gerard Barrett somehow neglects that step in the wearisomeBrain on Fire. That means we watch Chloe Grace Moretz’s epic meltdown from a bored distance, until the drama remembers its lost calling as a disease-of-the-week movie. At that point, we receive the abrupt news of a cure with an indifferent shrug.”
Meanwhile, Peter Debruge atVarietywas even more harsh by writing, “It’s the sort of role for which the Razzies were invented, and what little audience it finds will almost certainly be heckling as they watch Moretz implode.” Yep, that sounds like exactly the kind of movie destine to be lost among Netflix’x ever-expanding library of movies that you’ll never watch.
TylerPerry,Jenny Slate,Richard Armitage, andCarrie-Anne Mossalso star in the film from directorGerard Barrett. For those who haven’t lost interest, here’s the official synopsis:
