“Presence” opens on an old house with a new face. A posh, suburban house complete with two stories, a spacious porch and a fresh coat of cobalt. The camera floats to the front door before gliding through the entryway, along the expansive kitchen and dining room, across the living room and up a switchback staircase. We are then perfectly positioned to view into the home’s three bedrooms before finding shelter in a closet. Through this cold open, director Steven Soderbergh displays that the camera isn’t here just to present a presence to an audience, but that we are the presence.
However, “Presence” proves that cinematography dripping with nuance doesn’t necessarily translate to a successful end product, as this ghost story is loaded with dry storytelling.
Immediately following is a subtle, chuckle-inducing realtor, played by Julia Fox, presenting the house to a family of four — Rebecca, Chris, Chloe and Tyler — looking for a new home. After a brief financial back and forth between th...
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