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Voices
2020
Director
Nathaniel Nuon
Runtime
108 minutes
Average Rating
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After visiting her father's grave, Lilly and her mother are involved in a terrible car accident leaving Lilly orphaned and unable to see. In her youth, she struggles with her blindness and begins to hear voices. Unbeknownst to her they don't belong to the living. After years of learning to cope, Lilly is now happily married with a baby on the way. Lilly soon discovers her unborn baby has become a vessel a second chance for souls stuck in limbo to be re-born. She only has until the baby's first heartbeat to decide which soul will be re-born through her. Now the voices she heard in her youth have returned, clamoring for the chance to come back. Among the voices, she befriends the spirit of a little girl tied to a years-old cold case. Lilly finds herself in a desperate struggle with the girl's murderers and the souls vying to be born again.
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Overall Score
5.5/10
Fair
Category Breakdown
LGBTQ+ Representation
The story centers on a traditional domestic structure involving marriage and motherhood. It avoids derogatory tropes but does not explicitly feature queer identities or subvert heteronormativity.
Gender Representation
Lilly is a highly capable female protagonist who drives the plot through her intellect and resilience. While she possesses significant agency, the narrative relies on traditional maternal archetypes.
Racial & Ethnic Diversity
The film lacks visible racial intersectionality or a non-Anglo-Saxon majority cast. The focus remains on individual spiritual struggles rather than systemic or racialized power dynamics.
Religious & Cultural Diversity
The film explores a complex spiritual framework of limbo and moral relativism. It avoids dogmatic religious doctrine but does not engage in specific anti-Western or anti-capitalist critiques.
Disability Representation
Blindness is a fundamental part of the protagonist's identity and her connection to the supernatural. The film presents disability as a nuanced human experience rather than a mere plot device.
Strengths
- The protagonist possesses high agency and emotional resilience despite her blindness.
- Disability is treated as a nuanced facet of identity rather than inspiration porn.
- The supernatural elements are integrated deeply into the protagonist's sensory experience.
Areas for Improvement
- The narrative relies heavily on traditional maternal and heteronormative archetypes.
- There is a lack of visible racial intersectionality within the cast and story.
- The film does not actively subvert or challenge existing social hierarchies.
AI Analysis
Voices succeeds by centering a visually impaired protagonist, transforming a potential deficit into a unique way of interacting with the world. This approach provides a meaningful exploration of agency and sensory perception within the horror genre. However, the film remains largely within traditional social frameworks. It relies on conventional domestic structures and maternal roles, missing opportunities to challenge broader social hierarchies or explore diverse intersectional identities. Ultimately, the film is a character study that elevates a marginalized perspective to a position of central importance, even if it stays within safe, established narrative boundaries.
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