Looking Glass (2018)

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

The film has a certain style, starting with the opening titles and ending with "THE END" which puts the viewer on edge, but in a bad way.I've seen it twice now, but only because there was nothing else on.I find it creepy, but not in the horror film sense, but in the "Who's the guy with the beard that took over the motel from Ben" sense. Kind of a serial creep. Not creepy as in, Man! that's so creepy, but as in, Jeez, that guy is just creepy.It's got a crummy beat and it's hard to move to. I'd give it a 4, Dick.And one more thing: a TWO-WAY "mirror" is a hunk of glass. It's a ONE-WAY mirror.

With most stories, we see a beginning, a middle and an ending. This one has a sort of beginning, a middle and really no ending. Ray (Nicolas Cage) and Maggie (Robin Tunney) buy a motel in the hope of starting a new beginning after the death of their child. The motel is a can of worms and we know this by things that happen for no apparent reason and we never know who did them: a dead pig in their pool, paint on the motel walls, comings and goings of really strange people.We see Ray work on fixing things around the motel, perhaps too many scenes with this going on, then he discovers a 2-way mirror and watches lesbians kiss, dominatrix scenes and the usual sex scenes. He is shocked, but looks anyway, but never stays for too long. We don't see anything erotic. Policeman Howard (Marc Blucas) keeps coming around and we feel he is looking at Ray as a person of interest in the murder of a girl some time ago when Ray came around looking at the possibility of buying the motel. The director could have fitted Howard with more of a form fitting shirt too. Very distracting, like 3-sizes too big. Ben (Bill Bolender) the previous owner of the motel is nowhere to be found to explain all the goings on at the motel. He just has had enough and got out and now it's Ray's problem.Some scenes are uncomfortable to watch, but that only lasts for a few minutes and we see there is nothing there. The ending is just cut short and this is where we should know everything that went on and why. Didn't happen.I am giving a somewhat spoiler alert because this is not a good movie, and actually, hardly any movie at all. Nicolas Cage needs to adjust and pick better scripts. Remember he just recently did a movie where the parents are out to kill their kids? Not good by any stretch. See? And now this one that goes nowhere. Strong advice: stay away. (1/10)Violence: Yes. Sex: Yes, one time. Nudity: No. Humor: No. Language: Yes. Rating: F

Its a film about,sex,peeping toms,bondage,law enforcement,the jante law,and Mr cage is the joker in this movie,and i think that nick, who are an all star actor(acts in films rated from 0-10 e.g his acting can be garbage,but also brilliant),is on the middle of the scale in this presentation,it is not an exciting thriller,neither are the acting ,prduction,plot,filming,sound et cetera. why did i sit till nthe end,well,i expect something good when nick is on the screen,and its ok.a shallow story from start till end.it is a low cost prduction,the genre are very limited to make a block buster, so the rating of 6 is the most i can grant ''the lookingglass''

Liked the local's and it was a good story line IF executed properly by the cast ... Cage was not believeable and took it down, he was after all the "lead" .. The location was fine and a wise choice to keep the overhead down .. music could have help a lot, in many ways ... imowill watch again and see if I change my thougts