Bart (Tye Sheridan) is an intelligent young man with
Aspergers who works at a hotel as the night clerk. He lives with his mom (Helen
Hunt) after his father has died. Bart has trouble with social interactions and
cues, so he watches guests in the hotel to learn more about how to socially
interact.
Late one night, a woman checks in. Bart begins to watch her
through his monitors, even after his shift has ended. When trouble arises, Bart
returns to the hotel to find her dead. He enters her room and begins tampering
with multiple devices. Another employee of the hotel finds him in her room,
which makes Bart the prime suspect. Detective Espada (John Leguizamo) tries
questioning Bart but doesn’t make much progress.
A few nights later, Andrea Rivera (Ana de Armas) checks in
and Bart becomes taken with her. They begin talking and Andrea tells Bart that
her brother had Aspergers. Bart does admit to her he watches people to work on
learning social interaction, but he’s not fully truthful about where he does
this.
Meanwhile, Detective Espada continues his investigation.
Bart watches Andrea in her room and they later spend time
together by the pool, getting to know each other and even share a kiss. Here,
you learn a little more about Andrea. Afterwards, Bart goes out and buys new
clothes, gets a new haircut and buys a car to attract Andrea’s attention, but
when he shows up and calls her room, she is with another man.
Later on, the police raid Bart’s home, taking his computers
and hard drives. This makes his mom very upset and worried. Detective Espada
continues to pressure Bart. And Bart continues to spy on Andrea. Andrea stops
by Bart’s home looking for him and apologizes to him. What for?
Bart notices a man attacking Andrea and goes down to stop
it. It’s here that Bart comes clean about his voyeurism. However, Andrea has a
secret, too.
What will Detective Espada find?
Will happens to Bart? Did he have anything to do with that
woman’s murder?
And what about Andrea?
When this was added to Netflix, I jumped at the chance to
watch it because it looked interesting. This was an unsettling movie for many
reasons. The idea that someone could be watching you in your hotel room is very
real; that could easily happen and probably has happened. Even if the reasoning
is innocent, it’s still unsettling. This movie starts out fairly well-paced but
drags a little in the middle. And the end, for me, was a back and forth of
‘what? Did what I think happen, really happen?’ I wanted more from the ending –
a lot more. There were questions I wanted answered. I would still recommend it,
it’s just not the best thriller/crime mystery I’ve seen. <
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