The Gracefield Incident

"The Gracefield Incident" sports some impressive special effects in key scenes, but remains yet another found-footage thriller where the dialogue feels phony, the nonscary action is tedious and the images are artless.

[A] feeble, somewhat amateurish if enthusiastic retread.

So formulaic and unoriginal that its poster should accompany the dictionary definition of derivative ...

What's frustrating about The Gracefield Incident is that it's not just a bad movie, but it offers a glimpse at the sort of ingenuity that would have elevated the film above its tired subgenre.

We're left with a film that, besides the hook, lacks a lot of originality. It all adds up to an experience that's not liable to leave a huge impression after it's over.

It's a bit goofy at times... but overall The Gracefield Incident is a smart, well-made and surprisingly scary little sci-fi thriller with a huge amount of heart and an interesting twist on a well-worn concept at its core.

"Do you have to film everything?" That's the opening line of dialogue in The Gracefield Incident, the first feature film from Mathieu Ratthe, which, over the course of 90 minutes, never properly answers that question.

A prime candidate for worst movie of the year.

Tired, somewhat predictable, and, at times, far too silly.