Presence
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Written by David Koepp
Starring Lucy Liu, Julia Fox, Chris Sullivan
Release Date January 24th, 2025
Published January 25th, 2025
Presence is a wonderfully experimental and ingeniously crafted ghost story that gains an unexpected amount of emotional weight as it builds to stunning final moment that is genuinely surprising and heartbreaking; Director Steven Soderbergh, playing with cinematic form as he’s done throughout his 35 plus year care, has created a brilliantly modern ghost story centered around a family in crisis.
Lucy Liu is the most recognizable in the cast, she stars as Rebecca, a busy business woman who dotes on her teenage son, going as far as choosing a new family home specifically for his benefit. It’s in a school district where Tyler (Eddie Maday) can dominate the swim team and build his college resume. It’s no wonder then that Tyler’s little sister, Chloe (Callina Liang) feels like an afterthought. Thankfully she has a wonderfully doting dad, Chris (Chris Sullivan).
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
