It's What's Inside That Switches

"No, I did not expect that to happen." Something I said to myself a lot of times in this film. And to think that I wouldn't enjoy the film with the way it started, I applauded the film when it was over. It's What's Inside explores what it's like to be in someone else's skin in a rather interesting way.

Psychological thrillers are slowly becoming a genre that I really enjoy. Their plots are usually gripping, and their endings tend to be worth the time. I can't say for many films, though, but the ones I have seen are just like that, and It's What's Inside gave me another reason to keep on exploring.

The first few scenes were not encouraging, though. I wasn't about to be bored by a guy who had problems in relationships, and I wasn't in for whatever drawback social media is to most people these days. I think I have seen a lot of that already, and many of them didn't turn out well. But things began to seem promising soon enough.

I probably would have had more faith in the film if I had seen the trailer though. Although the trailer shared just a bit of all that really happened in the film, it sufficed to sell the film well.

There are three major crazy parts in this film with increasing levels of intensity. The first part, where they all switched bodies—that, I will tell you as it is in the trailer—got me to sit up. I quickly became so eager to see the story unfold. And then it got more intense.

Getting my head wrapped around who was who in the film felt more like a puzzle, but it was an exciting one. But what was more interesting was how the dynamics of the interactions between the characters changed. And each character had their own peculiarity that added to the story. There aren't any more characters than just them in a house.

I like to think that the film not only explores the idea of being someone else but also other things that we see daily in real life: social media and a lot of the fakery going on it is one; addictions and what they do to people; and how broken people hurt people. And the plot twist in the end was wild, by the way. Nothing too dramatic, but most certainly unexpected.

Something I didn't like much were the colours and lighting. I'm not sure how to best describe this, but I think photosensitive people may not be comfortable for most of the film. And the constant changes between colour settings were a bit disforting for me. While the film was generally engaging, especially with the cool cinematography concepts, it was visually stressful for me to watch for some parts.

With some patience in the beginning and resilience to the weird colour oddities, I found the film to be very enjoyable. Nothing was predicatable, and it was all very crazy through most of it.