Because this project, originally intended as a feature film, could neither get a wide cinema release nor a better streaming platform to distribute it, it ended up on the soon-to-be defunct Quibi platform where no one will see it. And the people who subscribed to see Sophie Turner will feel ripped off and drop their subscriptions the following month. Even the good acting from the two leads couldn't save the sophomoric directing and writing. This might've been a different story if it were a short film--so much screen time is devoted to the brooding desperation of the lead character that it's redundant and annoying. Don't get me wrong, it's quality brooding, and the production definitely got its money's worth out of Turner, but we got it after the first 7 crying/sadness scenes; she's depressed. And then there's too much cliché. Had they edited down to the 25 minutes it deserved, this could've been an award-winning albeit student film.
Review of Survive
