SummaryWill, a young Hispanic gay potter, is one gregarious guy. His boss is terrible, but he's got a great boyfriend and a great job. Unfortunately, behind that veneer is a dark past of violence and mental illness that he is desperate to keep hidden. When his bipolar mother comes out of the woodwork after ten years of silence, he begins exhibiting unex... Read More
Directed By:Addison Heimann
Written By:Addison Heimann
Hypochondriac
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48
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Jul 29, 2022
63
It doesn’t come together nearly as neatly as you’d like. But “Hypochondriac” manages a few chills and some eyes-averting gore thanks to Will’s memories of what happened and how close he is to repeating the awful past he grew up in.
Jul 29, 2022
63
When a movie doesn’t quite come together, it’s often tempting to say that something essential is missing. I’m not so sure that that’s true of “Hypochondriac,” a rather good psychodrama about repressed childhood trauma that’s also an underwhelming horror movie about mental illness.
Jul 22, 2022
50
The combination of gay protagonists, mental illness exploration, horror tropes, and surreal elements that gesture toward “Donnie Darko” make for an ambitious mix that holds attention, even if the uneven, somewhat muddled results are ultimately more effortful than insightful.
Jul 28, 2022
40
Its armchair psychology makes for queasy viewing, a conflation of diagnosis and damnation.
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Sep 25, 2022
1
This movie manages to show so much and yet it manages to show nothing at the same time.
