Credit Alex Thompson’s Directorial Acumen for the Grounded Venture That Is ‘Rounding’ and Its Heartening Afterglow
The budget may have been modest and the cast bereft of big names, but Thompson has crafted a rich entertainment, a movie whose production values are of a piece with the character study at its core.
Alex Thompson’s new feature, “Rounding,” is a horror movie in its trappings, if not in its story. There are, admittedly, narrative byways that touch upon the otherworldly and moments grisly to behold. A viewer could also consider the psychological and physical toll that comes with pursuing a career in medicine as, if not out-and-out scary, then intimidating and strenuous.
A great Spanish artist, Francesco Goya, stated that the sleep of reason produces monsters. Mr. Thompson proposes that the lack of sleep breeds its own set of devils.
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