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Bokeh (2017) Review

Bokeh would make an amazing Black Mirror episode; that being said it makes for a horrible, boring movie. It has poor acting, terrible characters, and while its cinematography is incredible, it is a shallow, repetitive film with little to say and what it does say is unsurprising and underwhelming. Bokeh is a film about a couple Jenai (Maika Monroe, It Follows) and Riley (Matt O'Leary, The Lone Ranger) who, while holidaying in Reykjavik, become the only people left on earth. The film follows their time during the weeks following the disappearance of mankind and how they deal with it. It's not original, but regardless it's a fascinating concept, especially when there's a relationship thrown into the mix. But Bokeh fails to live up to its plot, and delivers an underwhelming film. It's hard to talk about a film that's bad, mainly because hating on someone's passion project is tough, but also because when there is so much wrong it becomes difficult to str