Distributor:
Fox Home Entertainment | Certificate: M15+ Director:Richard
Franklin Cast: RadhaMitchell,
Ray Barrett, Susannah York, Domenic Purcell, Tottie Goldsmith Extras: Yes Easter Eggs: No
Georgia
Perry (Radha Mitchell) is
planning to spend 5 months
sailing around the world solo in
an attempt to get into the
record books, when her boat is
becalmed for a number of days
Georgia finds the loneliness and
isolatedness of her situation is
in danger of tipping her over
the edge into madness.Before too long Georgia
is talking to the cat she has on
board with her, fine itself
except the cat is answering
back, not only that she is
having visions of a Polynesian
prince who is intent on
ravishing her.
Very
much a single character piece, although there are copious flashbacks to
episodes in Georgia’s life before she sailed including her problems
with her fiancée Domenic Purcell), her sick father (a nice to see Ray
Barrett) her ailing mother (Susannah York), The Visitors is very moody
and carries with it an air of encroaching menace (the movie strikes one
as being most similar in tone to Polanski’s Repulsion although
director Franklin is somewhat of a spook veteran having helmed the
classic Patrick and Psycho II) and you can’t help feeling there is
something nasty lurking around the corner.
Despite
one or two stagy moments where it is obvious the boat is on a soundstage
somewhere Mitchell does a great job of making you empathise with her in
her predicament.
One
question though? If you were on a boat stranded in the middle of nowhere
miles away from anyone, would you shower wearing a bikini?
EXTRAS:
Extensive cast and crew biographies, photo gallery, the original
theatrical trailer and 4 trailers for other palace/fox movies.
