Nature Morte (2007) 2/10

Nature Morte is a british film about a famous painter found out to be a serial killer after his demise. His biographer finds out that new paintings have surfaced after the killer's death and surmises that perhaps the artist had an accomplice and sets out to discover the truth.

So I like the premise. I was certainly along for the ride and I was buying what the film was selling. The problem? The film is hyper low budget and very poorly directed. The film was shot on what looks to be non-HD 29.97 video which gives it a terrible home movie quality that doesn't fit the premise or the lighting. The director was shooting for a shadowy noir-esque look but only turned out an inky mess that makes the audience strain to see what the hell is going on. I can only guess that this was also a technique to help hide the terrible quality of the video, but it didn't work. Beyond that the shots themselves are terrible as is the audio. Surprise surprise the acting blows too.

In the end the film had an interesting plot but every other aspect of the film is terrible.

Overall - 2/10