Finally got around to watch "Her Name is Carla" here in 2013, despite the movie being from 2005 and despite being a huge fan of Julian Sands.
The verdict? Well, this movie was odd, both in a good and bad way. The good thing about the movie was that it was unpredictable and it always kept you sitting around wanting to see more, because the movie does manage to get under your skin and pull some threads. The story is built up in such a manner that you just want to know what lurks ahead. The bad thing about the movie, is that it progress at a painstakingly slow pace, and when you look at the movie in its entirety, then nothing much really did happen throughout the course of the movie.
It wouldn't do the movie justice to try to summarize it, this movie is the type of movie that just have to be seen and experienced. That being said, then I am more than certain that "Her Name is Carla" is not the type of movie that just everyone will find appealing.
The list of people on the cast is relatively small, basically centered around four people in a house only, which puts a lot of pressure on the shoulders of the small cast. And I will say that the four people; Julian Sands, Mina Badie, Max Beesley and Julianne Nicholson actually did this well enough.
If you like movies that are different from the mainstream produced movies that are flooding the market in abundance, and if you like movies that keep you sort of in the dark all the time, then perhaps "Her Name is Carla" is just what you are looking for.
Personally, I found the plot twists along the way to be nicely thought through and planned, and it did add a lot to the movie. However, ultimately the heel comes down on the slow pace of the movie, which made it sort of hard to sit through. And as such, this movie receives a 5/10 rating from me.
