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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

Pretty Good

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I have been longing to watch this film since it was out, only now it had happened. There are not many hacking film that could satisfy thoroughly. Well, I haven't found as impressive as the recent 'Who Am I'. This film was more like partially a found-footage type. Everything was from webcams and phone cams. Not exactly truthful to the reality. Even people with basic knowledge about computers would know that. But entertainment was there. I enjoyed it, mainly because of the speed and being an edgy.Well, a contest winner is waiting in his hotel room for his dinner date with a celebrity in the later night. While he was updating his blog, someone hacks his computer and gives more contents for the blog than he had thought of. But soon it all plays out differently. Now he's the hacker's puppet, and must follow everything he says or the consequences would be serious. How far it all goes and how it all ends are the remaining story to tell us.As I said not the best in this theme, but watchable film. Everything was a one night event. Slowly started and then picked up the pace before ending on a high. The end was not good, the twist. At least that's how I felt. Should have been better, yet acceptable. Elijah was good. I just checked it out after seeing his nice act in his latest Netflix film. The rest of the cast was fine too. A Spanish film in English language. Soon I'm going to check out the 'Colossal' from this same director. So it is a good time pass film and you might enjoy it as I did.6/10

Released in the same year as 'Unfriended', though not as widely seen, 90% of the action here likewise takes place on a single laptop screen with the camera darting between various open windows (hence the title), including a webcam of the protagonist. It is a very well paced movie and one that offers further proof of the ability of a single laptop screen to create a riveting thrill ride. Little can be revealed of the plot without ruining a fresh experience, but suffice it to say that it focuses on a nebbish who receives an invitation to spy on a famous actress through his laptop and then has trouble preventing a planned kidnapping without convicting himself. As such, 'Open Windows' plays into some interesting dilemmas faced by computer users in the voyeuristic era in which we live. At the same time though, the film mounts such a series of ludicrous twists (especially in the final fifteen minutes) that the convoluted nature of the plot detracts from the novel laptop screen format. And in terms of the laptop screen format, 'Unfriended' plays better into the anxieties that we all face when the internet or our computers do not work properly, however 'Open Windows' certainly puts a new spin on clicking on links from non-trusted sources. It is a decent enough thriller, but it is easy to see why the tighter scripted 'Unfriended' has found a larger audience over time.

A jilted fan (Elijah Wood) soon finds himself pulled into a deadly game of cat-and-mouse after he accepts the opportunity to spy on his favorite actress (Sasha Grey) via his laptop.This film has a strong beginning, showcasing a film within a film. In actuality, that film may be even more fun than the movie we end up seeing! What can be said for sure is that Sasha Grey is really blossoming; this role seems appropriate for her, and one might be surprised she was not cast as "herself". Knowing her background, she seems a prime target for stalkers. Her recent contributions to horror ("Would You Rather?") and science fiction ("The Scribbler") have been wonderful, and hopefully she continues down this path...Elijah Wood as a creep seems to be something he has been honing for a while. Some of this is evident in "Sin City", and it comes to the fore in "Maniac". Here, it sort of comes in on itself. He is given the opportunity to be the ultimate creep and rebels against it as much as he can. (Of course, there is a plot twist here and there.) The film is genius in its use of technology, and the way it twists and turns. Is it realistic? Of course not. But very, very clever. Unfortunately, it does tend to run long, and a good edit here or there might have made a huge difference. What could be a fast-paced film has plenty of slower moments.Rue Morgue magazine calls the film "Hitchcockian voyeurism meets cyberbullying" and Preston Fassel writes that the film is "eerily prescient" given its timing around GamerGate and sexism in the online gaming community. Writer-director Nacho Vigalondo consciously tried to keep the genre boundaries blurred. He succeeded, which may alienate some audiences.Despite the slow points and a filming style (through laptops and webcams) that is a bit hard to follow or enjoy at times, this film still deserves a solid rating for what it set out to accomplish and what it achieved. No doubt many other films in the future will try similar things, but it may be a while before anyone else succeeds to this degree.

This is a bad movie. Trust me, a very bad movie. I have to admit I saw only because Sasha Grey had acted , but that's not enough. It failed at every point of a film supposed to success. The plot is bad, the acting is bad ( it is more understandable Sasha Grey but not Elijah Wood) and is very , very predictable .The only thing that is not so bad is the idea of multiple devices that are the screens , but should remain just as an idea not a movie.Producers who thought that people would see just because Sasha Grey was starring , well, they were right ,but obviously we are not going to recommend it.