![]() Let’s just be honest: the fact that the title character is a female tech genius shows that teen films have come a long way since the ‘80s. In this, the parallels are admittedly more frequent to John Hughes’ Teen Dramedy, with the new film rebranding its tropes as a narcissist, troll, liar, catfish and recluse. With definite overlap, each of the stories establishes a group of varying tropes who start out their time as opposing forces-the princess, geek, rebel, jock, and misfit-but end up coming together to ‘defeat’ a common enemy. Can they last the night?Īdults are apt to note a multitude of correlations between Max Winslow and the House of Secrets and 1985’s The Breakfast Club, as well as additional similarities to 1971’s Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (or 2005’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, if you prefer). However, when the young group arrives at the mansion, they soon realize that this contest is a lot more dangerous than any of them could have anticipated, much in thanks to AI creation HAVEN (Marina Sirtis: Star Trek: The Next Generation series, Star Trek: Picard series), who is hellbent on weeding out the bad from the good. Which explains why the guest list features such a motley crew of personalities, including Insta-baddie Sophia (Jade Chynoweth: 300: Rise of an Empire 2014, The Last Ship series), bully Aiden (Emery Kelly: Dog with a Blog series, Alexa & Katie series), video game enthusiast Benny (Jason Genao: Logan 2017, On The Block series), lacrosse king Connor (Tanner Buchanan: Designated Survivor series, Cobra Kai series), and tech genius Max (Sydne Mykelle: Destruction: Los Angeles 2017, The Thinning: New World Order 2018). Its story revolves around eccentric billionaire Atticus Virtue (Murray: One Tree Hill series, Camp Cold Brook 2008), who has extended a once in a lifetime offer to five Bentonville, Arkansas students.īut their e-vites are not for a swanky costume party at his mansion, no: instead, the teens will be competing for ownership of Virtue Manor and, presumably, a chance to be the next billionaire prodigy like Atticus himself. 2018) and written by Jeff Wild ( Chelsea Lately series, The Josh Wolf Show series), Max Winslow and the House of Secrets is the latest tween/teen Sci-Fi/Thriller offering. Settings – The film uses the high school to show us who the five students are, while once inside the mansion, we see something different behind every door, sometimes something we wouldn’t expect.Max Winslow and The House of Secrets stillĭirected by four-time Emmy Award winner Sean Olson ( The Other Mother TV movie 2017, F.R.E.D.I. Sci-Fi – The film brings the usage of technology to bring different ideas to life within the mansion, each one will play into the student’s life. ![]() If you are going to compare the story to certain other movies, one you would need to look at would be ‘The Breakfast Club’ with the idea of the five from the same school, from different social groups. This story does have a sense of adventure with a series of challenges that must deal with weaknesses the characters are hiding from in life, while needing to learn to work together will give them a sense of getting out the problems they are facing. Story – The story here follows five high school students that get selected to take part in a competition to win a mansion from a billionaire tech genius, which will see them get to learn more about themselves. Performances – When we look at the key performances from the five younger stars, they do bring their characters to life, showing their strengths and weaknesses in their performances. The five characters are all very different and have a lot more below the surface of who they are seen as in school. Aiden is the school bully, he will always look to put people down, while dealing with his own troubles back home. Benny is a gaming addict that has skipped school classes for years and sees this a chance to get involved in a new style of gaming. ![]() Connor is the star lacrosse player that has been dealing with expectations for years, while he wants to escape this world, he works with Max through the house. Sophia is an Instagram addict that only cares about popularity, she is completely self-centred. ![]() Thoughts on Max Winslow and the House of SecretsĬharacters – Max Winslow is the tech genius, she spends more time working of programs than making friends, seeing her social skills being difficult to maintain, only her skills could be what helps the students complete the tasks. ![]()
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