Nacho Vigalondo’s fortuitously topical thriller Open Windows rests entirely on a gimmick that at times borders on the absurd. Somewhere between 1984 and The Matrix, Open Windows exists in an improbable realm of techno fiction that edges closer to fantasy than present day reality. It relies on tired clichés and overlooks common sense logic, often breaking its own made-up rules in the process. Yet, for all that, it’s well-paced, smartly directed and thoroughly suspenseful.
After an amusing movie-within-a-movie intro, we meet our protagonist, Nick (Elijah Wood, who seems to have settled in nicely atop the indie genre film food chain in recent years). In Open Windows, he's a perfect fit as the awkward, mousy proprietor of a tawdry fan-site dedicated to rising Hollywood starlet Jill Goddard (Sasha Grey).
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