Blank
Directed byNatalie Kennedy
Written byStephen Herman
Produced byRebecca-Clare Evans
Starring
CinematographyJames Oldham
Edited by
  • Tamsin Jeffrey
  • Andrew McKee
Music byArhynn Descy
Production
companies
  • Kenmor Films
  • Templeheart Films
  • Caged Film
  • EnMar Productions
Distributed bySparky Pictures
Release dates
  • 15 March 2022 (2022-03-15) (Manchester Film Festival)
  • 3 November 2023 (2023-11-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Blank is a 2022 British science fiction thriller film directed by Natalie Kennedy and written by Stephen Herman. It stars Rachel Shelley, Heida Reed, Wayne Brady, Annie Cusselle, Rebecca-Clare Evans, and Bhasker Patel.

Plot

Claire Rivers (Shelley ) is a desperate writer struggling with writer's block, so she travels to a fully enclosed rural compound for a retreat that is fully controlled by A.I. and a glitch turns the whole residence into a torturous prison.

Cast

Release

Blank premiered at the Manchester Film Festival on 15 March 2022.[2] It was released in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2023.[3]

Reception

Common Sense Media gave the film a score of four out of five and wrote it was a "compelling new cinematic prison that's well worth spending time in."[4] Phil Hoad from The Guardian gave a score of three out of five and wrote, "With some flashes of inspired direction, like an upwards through-the-typewriter shot, this hybrid of fastidious huis clos thriller and trauma drama at least has an in-progress human energy and scope".[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Blank (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Blank". Manchester Film Festival. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 Hoad, Phil (30 October 2023). "Blank review – author held hostage by AI as near-future thriller enters Misery territory". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Cassidy, Tom. "Blank Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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