Mini review of The Lost
Perduts aka La Perdida
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Set in Italy, The Lost stars Lacey Chabert as an institutionalized teen who suffers from multiple personality disorder. For most of the three years she’s been in the institution she’s been kept in a drug induced almost catatonic state. A new doctor (Armand Assante) comes in to re-diagnose Lacey. As he orders the discontinuation of her med regime, he touches base with the three other personalities that live within. He soon discovers a rarity in the disorder in that she doesn’t only give a name but produces complete names (first/last/middle) of the personalities as they appear. As he investigates, he discovers that they are the names of actual people. As each personality appears, so do subtle changes in Lacey, such as eye color and scars. Upon further investigation these personalities turn out to be abduction victims who have never been found.
Gimp wise there is a pretty good electro-shock scene where Lacey gets shock therapy. More so due to payback for kicking the original doctor than for prescribed therapy. Lacey gets strapped down, gets electrodes placed on her temples, a mouthpiece shoved in her mouth, then shocked to unconsciousness. Lacey does a pretty good job in selling the scene including pleading for them to stop prior to the actual shocking.
There are also several brief snippets of the missing girls as they are shown bound and gagged.
As entertainment I thought this was a pretty good movie. Lacey does a good job as the patient and the personalities of the three other girls (one of whom is Chinese as Lacey speaks in tongues) But not a surprise as Lacey is a decent actress (not elite or anything but can get the job done). Plus I’ve always liked Lacey Chabert, though she seems to be the forgotten one from the "Buffy/Party of Five" era.
The ending has a twist but was kinda a letdown IMO. But other than that, not a bad movie. Overall a grade of C+/B-.
As Gimp, a very well done shock scene featuring Lacey. The snippets are no more than window dressing and can’t really be counted very highly. Overall a grade of C+.
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