Plot: Jacob struggles with his mental health. Seeing no other way out, he enlists himself in a scientific experiment that may help him, but could just as well kill him. He is locked in a special house, which he can't get out of. To pass the time, he may watch television, but he soon starts to loathe the show they are airing.
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August 24, 2025
I appreciate the idea of doing something different, but too often cinema confuses experimentation with a nod to the past. This isn't a film that will push the medium forward. Instead, Soul to Squeeze toys with concepts and aesthetics that feel old and tired. It also doesn't help that the budget was a clear limiting factor.
The performances were iffy, the execution felt cheap, and I didn't find anything too original or surprising. Sure enough, Soul to Squeeze is a bit different from most other films out there, and that deserves some credit, but it feels like I've seen it all before, sometimes in films that are over half a century old. Disappointing.