Tribeca 2021: See For Me Review

This will be one of several reviews from this year’s Tribeca film Festival. To follow our coverage, click here.

Having all one’s senses is not a guarantee through hardship while losing any of one’s senses presents its obvious set of challenges. Nevertheless, those people still find a way to get through said challenges though they aren’t always easy. As far as film is concerned, the same is also the case but they would certainly not be as fun if everything was always easy and that’s only including able-bodied characters. Meanwhile, home invasion stories have been a staple of thrillers, thrusting characters into action in order to defend their homes against their would be invaders. Now imagine throwing what could be a debilitating disability into the mix such as the loss of sight. This fact is a certified dynamic-changer, prompting a different way of doing things. The title of See For Me kind of gives that away as it takes the home invasion subgenre and puts that aforementioned twist on it. While it doesn’t all work, it is still a tense watch led by a superb lead performance from visually-impaired actress Skyler Davenport in her feature film debut.

Unfortunately, beyond the premise of placing a blind woman in the middle of a home invasion, the rest of See For Me doesn’t really matter all that much. That being said, more depth would have helped instead of simply whisking everyone along. Following former skier Sophie (Davenport) accepts a job, cat sitting in a secluded mansion, she is soon joined by a group of thieves looking to steal the contents of a hidden safe within the mansion. Despite being blind, Sophie was a reasonably independent woman who took her independence seriously. Broken down and feeling helpless as a result of her condition, she had something to prove to herself and others which perhaps fueled her motivations for what came next. Befriending an army veteran named Kelly (Kennedy), the two took on Sophie’s home invaders which was thrilling in its own right but was essentially a way for Sophie to regain her confidence and self-worth. Davenport was superb, however, the dynamic of Sophie and Kelly was definitely the best part of the film because of her chemistry with Kennedy.

While See For Me works better as a home invasion thriller than a character study, it is still a decent watch for the performance alone.

still courtesy of Tribeca

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Keith Noakes

The EIC of the coincidentally-named keithlovesmovies.com. A Canadian who prefers to get out of the cold and into the warmth of a movie theatre.