Trailer Link

Release Date:

November 8, 2013

Synopsis:

From IMDb: “An American girl on holiday in the English countryside with her family finds herself in hiding and fighting for her survival as the third world war breaks out.”

Poster: D+ / F

Review: Uninteresting and unflattering, there’s little chance that this design will enchant potential viewers.

If the first design is uninteresting and unflattering, the second design is an abject failure. It not only uses the same lettering and visual style, but completely eliminates the film’s protagonist. Although I found them in reverse order, I suspect the second design was probably the first and that they chose to “improve” upon it with the first design I reviewed. Either way you look at it, it doesn’t help.

Trailer: B-

Review: The opening narration about her love affair beginning before the war was a tad confusing considering her age and the style of her clothing, but as the trailer progresses, you get an easy sense that this is set in the future. This is something that needed to be more clearly established at the start so the audience understands initially it’s watching a trailer about a dystopian society so what happens is a bit more fascinating. It’s an interesting premise that could use a new trailer cut for more intrigue.

Oscar Prospects:

None.

Revisions:

(September 29, 2013) Original
(November 3, 2013) New Poster (#2)