{"id":3526,"date":"2016-06-30T10:54:27","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T14:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3526"},"modified":"2026-09-07T14:15:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T18:15:52","slug":"compliance-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3526","title":{"rendered":"Compliance-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Compliance-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Craig Zobel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Dreama Walker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #435<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70229062.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3527\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70229062-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70229062\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70229062-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/70229062.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed June 30, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Compliance (2012) is a riveting ninety-minute experience that will leave you thinking, talking, and feeling for days or weeks after you watch it.<\/p>\n<p>The film is that intense.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that it is based on true events is even more startling. It is, at times, quite disturbing and unsettling to watch, and if one likes their movies happy and wrapped in a bow, this will not be for you.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a truly emotional experience, check it out.<\/p>\n<p>At times I wanted to scream at the characters, look away from the screen, and shake my head in disbelief.<\/p>\n<p>A truly riveting experience.<\/p>\n<p>Major props to actress Ann Dowd, who does a bang-up job as the restaurant manager and main character. What an amazing talent she is.<\/p>\n<p>My range of emotions toward this character (sympathy, confusion, anger, disbelief) blew me away.<\/p>\n<p>Compliance (2012) is one of the best modern films of late.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Independent Spirit Award Nominations:\u00a0<\/strong>Best Supporting Female-Ann Dowd<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Compliance-2012 Director Craig Zobel Starring Dreama Walker Scott&#8217;s Review #435 Reviewed June 30, 2016 Grade: A Compliance (2012) is a riveting ninety-minute experience that will leave you thinking, talking, and feeling for days or weeks after you watch it. The film is that intense. The fact that it is based on true events is even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3526\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Compliance-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,192,41,211,233,204],"tags":[1816,6369,3540,3541,12610],"class_list":["post-3526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-dramas","category-indiefilms","category-indie-dramas","category-indie-thrillers","category-thrillers","tag-ann-dowd","tag-bill-camp","tag-craig-zobel","tag-dreama-walker","tag-pat-healy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3526"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24391,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3526\/revisions\/24391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}