Fest Track On Sirk TV Film Review: SEE FOR ME [Denver Film Festival 2021- Virtual]

The aspect of a home invasion pictures have been played through in many different ways since it is always the reflection at points of an inside job but it depends who takes advantage of the situation. In "See For Me", the essence of moral high ground and consequence is somewhat thrown to the wind in the story of a blind girl thrown a bad hand who takes advantage of a situation that becomes untenable in many ways. While the concept of what the film approaches in more of a thriller than a horror precept, it glosses over many aspect of reasonings and eventual investigation that makes the ending feel disingenuous. Granted the lead in Sophia (Skyler Davenport) understands her character's position and walks the line for the most part. But again the notion of self defense versus playing an offensive position is a bit vague.

The assistance of Jessica Parker as a former military tech turned online desk jockey administrator (Jessica Parker) makes sense and their interplay works well. However it does come back to the resolution that leaves open too many plot details to give it a satisfying redemption. Granted it is a low budget film but the concept does paint itself into a corner. Kim Coates comes in with his normal sneer to round off the film and the use of space in the house is well conceived while not being necessarily logical. "See For Me" is actually in reference to an app that allows Parker's character as a service to "see" for Sophia which more apparently turns into a portal for survival. One of the sequences where she has to be basically Sophia's eyes in a life or death scenario are some of the best bits of the film. "See For Me" is a fun concept and moderately entertaining in its milieu if one does not look too deep at the logic. C

By Tim Wassberg