A cure for wellness. A Cure for Wellness (2016)

It was built on the ruins of a castle owned 200 years ago by a baron, who desired an heir of pure blood and married his sister The incredible design and camera work is not enough to overcome a simplistic plot
Hannah saves Lockhart by killing her father, who falls into the aquifer and is eaten by the eels This was a giant miss and while it's not terrible, it is no where near being good

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In an era where Blumhouse is punching out quality films below 10 million, you need to aim for a similar bar.

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I liked certain parts of the film but it felt too commercial to be successful, the budget needed to be lower and the weirdness dialled up to 11
A Cure for Wellness
It subsequently received a theatrical release in the United States on February 17, 2017, by , after initially being slated for a September 23, 2016 release date
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
A Wall Street stockbroker Dane DeHaan travels to a remote location in the Swiss Alps to retrieve his company's CEO Harry Groener from an idyllic but mysterious wellness center
It's story is flawed, it's long two and a half hours all told , it's slow, some of its setups don't evolve into payoffs, it's not half as mysterious or clever as it might think it is, and it can't even hold to its own mythology 100% This 10-digit number is your confirmation number
Volmer, by whom the locals are curiously cowed According to DeHaan, he was genuinely nervous and his reaction was used in the filming

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Lockhart meets a mysterious young girl named Hannah who, among others, doses herself with a mysterious fluid from small, cobalt-colored bottles.

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He learns that the people of the spa suffer from dehydration despite the water they imbibe from the aquifer
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Writing for , Alonso Duralde praised the film's production design but criticized its narrative, saying: "While the movie is about people who are happy to remain removed from the world, not realizing that they are involved in something truly dreadful, many viewers will be all too willing to head for the exits
A Cure for Wellness (2016)
In the United States, premiered a 40-second during the on February 5, 2017, which resembled a medication advertisement
Viewers unprepared for how long Cure for Wellness runs will be glancing at their watches or phones in disbelief that after 90 minutes, then 120, an ending has yet to come into sight The director had a great eye for Pirates and The Ring but he hasn't set the world on fire and I feel he needs to reinvent the wheel, no point coasting and that's how I felt for most of the movie
Aside from Hohenzollern, parts of the film were also shot in and Zella-Mehlis, Germany DeHaan filmed the scene while wearing a and strapped to the chair

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Another great part of the film was shot at , in the German municipality of.

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The enterprising young man manages to spirit Hannah off-campus for a brief visit to the nearest town, where the Bavarian tavern is occupied by a bunch of toughs about as scary looking as the chorus in The Book of Mormon
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This "cure" is ingested by Hannah, Volmer, and his staff to gain