Spoiler alert: Despite a promising beginning that attempts to split the difference between Spoiler alert: Despite a promising beginning that attempts to split the difference between supernatural horror and domestic drama, the by-now obligatory pre-Internet 20th-century setting (1980), and an overabundance of intriguing, weighty ideas about art, spirituality, and the afterlife, Things Heard & Seen stumbles on practically every level, including as the equivalent of a sizzle reel for Seyfried’s talents as an onscreen performer.Ī semi-perplexing prologue that suggests the aftermath of violence quickly gives way to a title card and a feature-length flashback centering on Seyfried’s character, Catherine Claire (Amanda Seyfried), a New York City-based art restorer, Catherine’s husband and the recent recipient of a gold-plated Columbia PhD., George (James Norton), and their preteen daughter, Franny (Ana Sophia Heger). Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini’s ( The Extra Man, The Nanny Diaries, American Splendor) no-thrills, no-chills, ultimately shrug-worthy adaptation of Elizabeth Brundage’s 2016 well-regarded, literary novel, Things Heard & Seen, works hard to turn tired, overused tropes into a compelling, engaging, and otherwise enthralling two-hour film starring recent Oscar nominee Amanda Seyfried ( Mank, First Reformed, Les Misérables).
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