Rent Daniel Isn't Real (2019)

Bit of a let down - Daniel Isn't Real review by TH

I liked the concept of the film but it felt too much like a lowe budget student project. The acting is ok and the film plods along but it never really goes beyond that. Shame as there was some potential here.

Daniel isn't all that good - Daniel Isn't Real review by AER

Beyond some occasionally cool visuals and an interesting cast Daniel Isn't Real trades in secondhand tropes and tired plot turns. It's Dr Jekll & Mr Hyde or Fallen (Denzel Washington's one) all over again. The cast are barely present for the first half-an-hour, struggling to make an impact with some troublesome devices that don't make a hell of a lot of sense. I'll leave it other viewers to describe the story as I'm pretty crap at doing that - however I can let you know that cast never seem to settle into their characters and on the whole it strives for gravitas but is nothing but a throwaway :(

Interestingly, this is the first time I've seen Mary Stuart Masterson in a film since the mid-90s. Also the two leads have pedigree, Miles Robbins is the son of Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins (Look out for the tribute to Jacob's Ladder in the early nightclub sequence), and Patrick Schwarzenegger is....well it's that's obvious. At times, he looks just like his father minus the muscles. With stronger acting, this film could have been better, however, it's a bit of a slog. Disappointing as this could have been brilliant.  A damp squib.