Review of Anna

After the development of the secret experiment of persons with the ability to enter in other people´s memories, the justice system accepts the evidences presented by recognized memory detectives. John Washington (Mark Strong), from the Mindscape Agency, is a former detective that had a stroke two years ago after the death of his beloved wife and is retired. However he needs money and asks his former chief and friend Sebastian (Brian Cox) if he could find a new job. Sebastian offers a simple case of a wealthy teenager, Anna Greene (Taissa Farmiga), who is refusing to eat and to help to make her stop her hunger strike. John learns that Anna is an intelligent girl that lives in a fortress and is monitored by surveillance cameras by her family. Further her stepfather wants to send her to a boarding school, but her mother does not agree. Soon John and Anna bound to each other and John starts his investigation through therapy sessions. As far as John goes deeper, he finds past secrets that may be causing her present behavior. Are his assumptions correct?

"Mindscape", a.k.a. "Anna" is an intriguing thriller with a screenplay with many plot points, some of them good and others bad. The performances of the lead Mark Strong and Taissa Farmiga are great and the story holds the attention of the viewer. But the disappointing commercial conclusion is quite silly and the question is: was it necessary to a smart girl like Anna to plot such complex stories to get rid of her family and travel the world alone? Wouldn´t be easier to flee from the boarding school and simulate her death in another way? How could she be using her money if she was considered dead? My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Regressão" ("Regression")