Absolutely amazing

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The initial tableau: The (fictional) Atticus Institute was founded in the early 1970s to study exceptional persons who might have ESP abilities: telepathy, clairvoyance, telekinesis, for instance. They find hundreds of subjects, find a few weak espers, and get conned at least once. Then they meet Judith Winstead.Delineation of conflicts: West's children still care about their distant father, and are discouraged when the Institute clearly has a bad effect on him. The Institute staff have great talent, but dealing with an incredibly bad-tempered test subject is quite a challenge. As they continue to observe Judith, it becomes clear that they are dealing with something besides ESP. Just what is it? They call in an expert from the DIA (defence intelligence agency), Robert Koepp. His presence seems to make it much worse. Will Judith's ability be diagnosed correctly? If so, what will the DIA (and DOD) decide to do with it during the Cold War?Resolution: The attempts of 1970s science to deal with the supernatural were worth a watch.Proceeded in reportorial style. The motivations were reasonably well mapped out, except for the starting points. How things would proceed once the military took control made sense, but how Judith came to the early state (when she first entered the Institute) was still murky to me at the end.

These movie deserves to be rated 10 out of 10 .... it is so scary and I am hardly to be impressed ... on the other hand this movie doesn't show us what is this dark entity and how it possessed her and how easy after she was recovered they set her free and they assumed that doctor Henry was dead did they really looked for him or they just killed him because he has known too much and why the institute was closed after that. The producer should make another part of this movie to clarify what was this entity.The last thing I doubt is if this movie was based on a true event. Why was Dr.Henry was the only one to be possessed and I didn't get it what about the officer that was connected to the TV what was they wanted to do.

I was not sure what to expect before watching this. I now understand why this is shown on cable more than most POV horror out these days."Was it interesting?" For the most part. Framing it as a legitimate documentary helped it. The dated setting, lack of technology, and inability to see the characters away from the action hurt it some. 2 out of 3"Was it entertaining?" That is it's biggest problem. Little drama beyond emotional storytelling and only a few real good paranormal scenes. 1 out of 3"Was it memorable?" The form of the movie was, but otherwise didn't make too much of an impact. It mostly just trys to stand out among it's sub-genre. 1.5 out of 3Start with 1, 1+2+1+1.5=5.5 I'm rounding up for just using decent actors and good editing. A 6 with these type of movies is definitely above average.

Greetings from Lithuania."The Atticus Institute" (2015) is a very bad movie. It's not a horror (there isn't a single scare scene), it some kind of thriller told in mostly in old footage and pictures. Nothing works here to create some interesting story or mood. Acting is bad, especially by lead actress. It's surprising that this picture was created by Chris Sparling, who once wrote a near masterpiece "Buried".Overall, "The Atticus Institute" is so bad it's not even funny. Although there is one hilarious scene with priest in gas mask - truly funny moment. It's not scary, not interesting, and at running time 1 h 19 min this movie drags beyond believe. Skip this stuff, it's not worth of your time.