Film critic Susan Granger rated the Canadian thriller Numb 3 on her 1-to-10 Granger Gauge, writing that the film is "inane" and that all four of its leading characters are "thoroughly dislikeable" and selfish. The film was featured at the Closing Gala of the 2015 Whistler Film Festival before its theatrical release as part of the Canadian Indie Film Series, and is streaming on Amazon Prime, Tubi TV, YouTube and Fandango At Home, according to the review.
Critic Susan Granger rates Canadian thriller Numb 3 out of 10
Film critic Susan Granger rated the Canadian thriller Numb 3 on her 1-to-10 Granger Gauge, writing that the film is "inane" and that all four of its leading characters are "thoroughly dislikeable" and selfish. The film was featured at the Closing Gala of the 2015 Whistler Film Festival before its theatrical release as part of the Canadian Indie Film Series, and is streaming on Amazon Prime, Tubi TV, YouTube and Fandango At Home, according to the review.
Granger's review describes the film as beginning on a snowy night as a married couple, Will (Jamie Bamber) and Dawn (Stefanie von Pfetten), face financial ruin. Driving from their home in Vancouver on a deserted highway, they pick up two hitchhikers, the siblings Lee (Aleks Paunovic), whom the review says is a recently released ex-con who is deceptively sensitive and friendly, and Cheryl (Marie Avgeropoulos), whom it describes as evasive and openly hostile.
In the review's account of the plot, an old man staggers onto the black-iced highway in front of their car; Will, who is driving, takes him to the nearest hospital, where he is found to be dead on arrival. The man carried wads of cash, a single gold coin and a scribbled map with geographical coordinates, and the review says he was apparently the sole survivor of a bank robbery that netted $4 million in gold coins. The four characters conclude he was trying to retrieve the loot and set out to find it, which the review says is only a few miles away.
The review says the group is reckless, inadequately dressed and ill-prepared for a long hike through frozen, rugged terrain, and that frostbite and hyperthermia are inevitable as they make one bad decision after another.
The film was written by Andre Harden, directed by Jason R. Goode and shot by cinematographer Jan Kiesser in Northern British Columbia, according to the review. Granger is a Westport resident who studied journalism with Pierre Salinger at Mills College, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with highest honors in Journalism, and has worked as an anchorwoman and movie critic on radio and television, according to a biography accompanying the review.
- The source does not state when or where the review was first published.
- The source does not state whether the film's director or writer was asked for comment or responded to the review.
- The source does not state the film's theatrical release date, production budget, box office results or runtime.
- The source does not state whether the listed streaming services carry the film in all regions.
- The source does not state what the Granger Gauge is based on or whether the 3 rating reflects a single critic's assessment or a wider measure.
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