Review of Observance

Observance seems to be a movie that wanted to go for an art house film, but it really did not seem to be able to have the art house vibe and a clear coherent story at the same time.

Now having said that, I am not saying that the movie was a bad one, it was just hard to follow at times.

Why was the private investigator hired to watch the woman? Who was she, what was all that with her boyfriend/fiancee?

I don't expect a film to spoon feed me information, not would I want that. Too many movies make the mistake of over explaining as if their audiences are all idiots, but there was not enough background here to make complete sense.

The movie itself was well shot and well acted. The atmosphere was creepy and it did keep my attention. It just did not seem to know what kind of story to tell.

I would have liked to have know more about the woman he was watching and who was he reporting too?

Why was he warned to leave the house? The scene with the child's voice telling him to stop watching was eerie, but that was it. While I enjoyed the movie, I am not going to pretend I understood it.

I would have just liked things to be a little clearer in its story.