I was looking for something different and came across this 2013 movie on Amazon streaming. It stars Taissa Farmiga, the younger sister of Vera Farmiga, as Anna Greene, bright but mysterious wealthy teenager who decided to quit eating. Taissa really was a teenager when this was filmed and she is quite good in the role.My summary says it is set in an alternate universe, because from what we now know the techniques likely will never be available in our own real universe. An investigator, played by Mark Strong, is among a group who can use a technique while holding hands with a subject, in this story it is young Anna. This transports the investigator back in time and is an invisible observer of what happened sometimes years earlier, he sees and hears the subject and those with her.All this is to help young Anna overcome whatever difficulties she has and to lead a more normal life, otherwise her mom and stepdad are planning to institutionalize her.The difficulty is, the visits to her past are only as faithful as are her own memories, if she manipulates her memories the investigator might be seeing something that didn't really happen that way. And, as the story unfolds, it seems that maybe Anna is too smart for the investigator.Well made thriller it kept me engaged all the way through.

I've seen worse. This isn't too bad.Problem number 1, at least for me, is that I thought it was some sort of a horror movie. Perhaps that's my mistake. Instead it's a psychological thriller.Problem number 2 is that there are no really good acting performances in this film. Everyone does "okay".All this is not to say that the film doesn't have its moments. The concept of a "mind detective" is actually kinda interesting. And, any movie that has a double twist at the end -- neither of which I saw coming -- can't be all bad.But here's the bottom line. If I had it to do over again, I wish I'd not wasted 99 minutes. I would compare this to a moderate t.v. movie.

It's always tough for a movie that tries to twist its way into your brain (no pun intended), to be 100 % successful. Still this has the actors to pull things off quite nicely. Mark Strong especially and Brian Cox in a smaller role are able to convey a very crazy idea to the viewer. You could say the idea is "far out".But good science fiction is always bending boundaries. And the tapping into someones mind thing is not really new. There is more on the story that is apparent on the surface of course and there is a running theme, that is too obvious, but maybe a bit too much, if you think about it after watching the movie. Decent effort, but not really great

Not Fully Satisfying, but Interesting Enough Psychological Thriller. It has a Tendency to be too Familiar the way it Presents the Memory Treks. This Sort of Hyper-Editing and Distortions have just been Done So Many Times that the Luster is Gone and Boredom Sets In.The Story Here is Intriguing, but Again a Tad Derivative, as Mark Strong, Playing Against Type as, of All Things, a Sensitive. A Memory Detective. It's the Future and this Kind of PSYOPS, is Used by Law Enforcement. A Sort of Post-Cogs as Opposed to the Pre-Cogs of Minority Report (2002).The Discipline Known as "Remote Viewing" is Once Again Not Fully Understood by these Filmmakers and They Make the Mistake of Throwing the Term Around with Little Insight Concerning What it is or the Way it Works. Thankfully this is Dropped After an Embarrassing Explanation at the Beginning.Taissa Farmiga as the Ultra-Intelligent and Talented Anna is OK, Although Her Line Reading Here is Inconsistent and Seems Quite Amateurish at Times. Brian Cox is Mostly Wasted and His Part is Never that ImportantOverall, there is a bit of a Muddle in the Movie's Plot and the Ending has been Given Much Criticism, but it's a Delicate Twist and Fits the Tone of the Characters and is Ultimately Satisfying and a bit Different Outcome that Usually Results in This Type of Thing.