It’s nothing groundbreaking, nor particularly special, but considering what they were working with, it turned out pretty well. I stumbled across this movie while flipping through channels on TV, so I wasn't expecting much of anything going in. Afterward, I have to say I enjoyed what I watched: it thoughtfully examines the human mind and the darker aspects of personality, it moves along nicely for most of its lengt…

The film ‘Daniel Isn’t Real,’ adapted from Brian DeLeeuw’s novel ‘In This Way I Was Saved,’ brings to mind David Fincher's ‘Fight Club’, concerning a man lacking agency who encounters someone with strong personality, leading to an escalation of events. It also reminded me of Curtis Hanson’s lesser-known ‘Bad Influence,’ starring James Spader and Rob Lowe, Robert Mulligan’s ‘The Other,’ Gregory Hoblit's 'Fallen', and …