Katie Says Goodbye

Wow, this is a hard film to like. It's not the indie film we're promised on the poster, in fact it's a horror film disguised as an indie darling. I fell in love with _Katie_... during the first act but when the second started I began hating the movie with a vengeance. Which normally would mean a low rating, but this film wants you to hate it. The director made the film specifically so that you would hate it and did such a great job that he succeeded. Olivia Cooke turns in such an incredible performance as Katie that she fills your heart and then breaks it into a million pieces. Katie is the imperfect victim in this emotional bloodbath and Cooke's acting makes that knife all the more poignant. Be warned, _Katie Says Goodbye_ isn't an innocent indie heartbreaker, it is the _Grave of the Fireflies_ of indie cinema.