Delusion – Movie Review
First Reaction – Delusion has a disturbing feeling throughout.
Director: Alan Beattie
Writer: Alan Beattie, Jack Viertel (Screenplay)
Cast
- Patricia Pearcy (The Goodbye Girl)
- David Hayward
- John Dukakis (Jaws 2)
- Leon Charles
- Alice Nunn
Plot: A nurse goes to a house to care for a crippled old man. Then people in the house start being murdered.
Runtime: 1 Hour 31 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Delusion starts when Meredith (Pearcy) takes a role as a live-in nurse for a disabled man. She gets welcomed into the home like a family member and quickly adapts to life in the new home. It doesn’t take long for Meredith to get drawn to the grandson, Gabriel (Dukakis), the rebel of the home.
However, a bigger mystery takes over when people in the home begin getting killed. Meredith must decide whether she wants to stay and begin to solve the mystery.
Verdict on Delusion
Recap
The movie follows a nurse who takes a home care role, where she helps a disabled man. However, she quickly falls for his grandson, but somebody begins killing the residents of the home.
Best Parts
The idea that a nurse enters a family only to find things spiralling out of control is interesting. It uses her trying to fit in and her unlikely relationship with the grandson to put her future in danger. Elsewhere, the performances are strong from the cast.
Worst Parts
There is an unsettling controlling behaviour going on in the movie. It doesn’t seem to fit the tone of everything and forces the bigger motivation over mystery behind the attacks.
Final Thoughts –Delusion is an unsettling thriller which can hold back on the bigger mystery.
