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Calculated Shard: 98 (from laksa004)

2. Crawled Status Check

Query:

curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa098.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/07/the-well-2025-movie-review.html\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/07/the-well-2025-movie-review.html\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/07\/the-well-2025-movie-review.html","crawl_time":1775701684,"first_indexed_time":1753241429,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,thelastthingisee!www,\/2025\/07\/the-well-2025-movie-review.html s443","src_root_hash":"7133724470575767298","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"The Last Thing I See: 'The Well' (2025) Movie Review","meta_descriptions":["Hubert Davis's The Well doesn't rewrite the post-apocalyptic playbook, but it tells a tense, thematically deep story that's worth watching."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"Working within specific, well-worn genre or subgenre frameworks can make it difficult to do something wholly new. How many rehashed slashers have we all sat through? But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by\nThe Well\n. Documentarian Hubert Davis (\nBlack Ice\n), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization.\nIn a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon,\nSuicide Squad\n), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock,\nExit Wounds\n), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland,\nFear Street: Prom Queen\n), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo,\nThe Fire Inside\n). \n[Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025]\nSarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors\/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy,\nAnything for Jackson\n), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears.\nEarly on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn (\nThe Body Remembers When the World Broke Open\n) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out.\n[Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review]\nThere’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought. \nThis may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron (\nMaking Monsters\n), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources.\nBy turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness,\nThe Well\nbreathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like\n40 Acres\nearlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking. \nThis is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival\n.","attrs_markdown":"[![The Last Thing I See](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgZzg7_rW98FRO9uZvSxFxrKuT8l8yaFK6ChYl3jwyoP4idNSSaEUQ6WML1CRG0VVu45Linwsu8sus55SyCcc2-BK3Vhqlm-jS0k0ix9qeqAfC-j8V1Xt33B80catq6BIdbzP-yv5U-DBsj\/s1600-r\/Last+Thing-1.png)](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/)\n\n## Pages\n- [Home](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/)\n- [News](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/news)\n- [Movie Reviews](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Movie%20Review)\n- [Trailers](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Trailer)\n- [TV](http:\/\/thelastthingisee.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/TV)\n- [Blu-ray\/DVD](http:\/\/thelastthingisee.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/DVD)\n- [Lists](http:\/\/thelastthingisee.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/List)\n- [Action](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Action)\n- [Horror](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Horror)\n- [Sci-Fi](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Sci-fi)\n- [Comics](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Comics)\n- [Books](http:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Book)\n\n## Monday, March 23, 2026\n### 'The Well' (2025) Movie Review\n[![a young black woman in the woods with a rifle](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhuHuyVupoA1e53eEZNvR7q0lElDzrjMUmflFzvJI8SdsLi3f5UEAg7ss-cmMhgtNOT8LxSempMM7MnOx1Soijt5-1d5Re7wFEhOPX3g2AqtyrUrrnCxFr67_X_FbNdfzFWNUNRkX7XEcobIftFi_Vrgmkr6cROzScEHBy3sxlyksF2iLQ6prMHe2d-g5o\/w640-h360\/The%20Well.jpg)](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhuHuyVupoA1e53eEZNvR7q0lElDzrjMUmflFzvJI8SdsLi3f5UEAg7ss-cmMhgtNOT8LxSempMM7MnOx1Soijt5-1d5Re7wFEhOPX3g2AqtyrUrrnCxFr67_X_FbNdfzFWNUNRkX7XEcobIftFi_Vrgmkr6cROzScEHBy3sxlyksF2iLQ6prMHe2d-g5o\/s1024\/The%20Well.jpg)\n\nWorking within specific, well-worn genre or subgenre frameworks can make it difficult to do something wholly new. How many rehashed slashers have we all sat through? But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by The Well. Documentarian Hubert Davis (Black Ice), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization.\n\nIn a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, [Suicide Squad](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2016\/08\/suicide-squad-2016-movie-review.html)), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock, [Exit Wounds](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2010\/05\/exit-wounds.html)), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland, Fear Street: Prom Queen), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo, The Fire Inside).\n\n[\\[Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025\\]](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/07\/fantasia-2025-10-movie-to-see.html)\n\n[![an old woman sits outside a trailer](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60\/w640-h360\/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg)](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60\/s1024\/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg)\n\nSarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors\/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy, [Anything for Jackson](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2020\/10\/nightstream-review-anything-for-jackson.html)), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears.\n\nEarly on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out.\n\n[\\[Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review\\]](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/05\/40-acres-movie-review.html)\n\n[![an old woman in the firelight](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE\/w640-h360\/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg)](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE\/s1024\/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg)\n\nThere’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought.\n\nThis may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron (Making Monsters), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources.\n\nBy turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness, The Well breathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like 40 Acres earlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking.\n\n[This is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Fantasia%202025).\n\nPosted by\n\n[Brent McKnight](https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/06089615359588923582 \"author profile\")\n\nat\n\n[7:43 AM](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/07\/the-well-2025-movie-review.html \"permanent link\")\n\n[![](https:\/\/resources.blogblog.com\/img\/icon18_email.gif)](https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/email-post\/222161362567703009\/753704043433326741 \"Email Post\")     [![](https:\/\/resources.blogblog.com\/img\/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)](https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=222161362567703009&postID=753704043433326741&from=pencil \"Edit Post\")\n\n[Email This](https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/share-post.g?blogID=222161362567703009&postID=753704043433326741&target=email \"Email 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But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by The Well. Documentarian Hubert Davis (Black Ice), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization.\n\nIn a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, [Suicide Squad](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2016\/08\/suicide-squad-2016-movie-review.html)), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock, [Exit Wounds](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2010\/05\/exit-wounds.html)), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland, Fear Street: Prom Queen), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo, The Fire Inside). [\\[Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025\\]](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/07\/fantasia-2025-10-movie-to-see.html) [![an old woman sits outside a trailer](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60\/w640-h360\/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg)](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60\/s1024\/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg) Sarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors\/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy, [Anything for Jackson](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2020\/10\/nightstream-review-anything-for-jackson.html)), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears. Early on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out. [\\[Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review\\]](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/2025\/05\/40-acres-movie-review.html) [![an old woman in the firelight](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE\/w640-h360\/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg)](https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE\/s1024\/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg) There’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought. This may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron (Making Monsters), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources. By turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness, The Well breathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like 40 Acres earlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking. [This is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival](https:\/\/www.thelastthingisee.com\/search\/label\/Fantasia%202025).","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	Working within specific, well-worn genre or subgenre frameworks can make it difficult to do something wholly new. How many rehashed slashers have we all sat through? But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by The Well . Documentarian Hubert Davis ( Black Ice ), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization. In a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Suicide Squad ), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock, Exit Wounds ), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland, Fear Street: Prom Queen ), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo, The Fire Inside ). [Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025] Sarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy, Anything for Jackson ), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears. Early on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn ( The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open ) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out. [Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review] There’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought. This may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron ( Making Monsters ), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources. By turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness, The Well breathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like 40 Acres earlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking. This is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival .
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How many rehashed slashers have we all sat through? But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by The Well. Documentarian Hubert Davis (Black Ice), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization. In a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, [Suicide Squad](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2016/08/suicide-squad-2016-movie-review.html)), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock, [Exit Wounds](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2010/05/exit-wounds.html)), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland, Fear Street: Prom Queen), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo, The Fire Inside). [\[Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025\]](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/07/fantasia-2025-10-movie-to-see.html) [![an old woman sits outside a trailer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60/w640-h360/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60/s1024/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg) Sarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy, [Anything for Jackson](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2020/10/nightstream-review-anything-for-jackson.html)), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears. Early on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out. [\[Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review\]](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/05/40-acres-movie-review.html) [![an old woman in the firelight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE/w640-h360/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE/s1024/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg) There’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought. This may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron (Making Monsters), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources. By turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness, The Well breathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like 40 Acres earlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking. [This is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/search/label/Fantasia%202025). 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Readable Markdown	[![a young black woman in the woods with a rifle](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHuyVupoA1e53eEZNvR7q0lElDzrjMUmflFzvJI8SdsLi3f5UEAg7ss-cmMhgtNOT8LxSempMM7MnOx1Soijt5-1d5Re7wFEhOPX3g2AqtyrUrrnCxFr67_X_FbNdfzFWNUNRkX7XEcobIftFi_Vrgmkr6cROzScEHBy3sxlyksF2iLQ6prMHe2d-g5o/w640-h360/The%20Well.jpg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuHuyVupoA1e53eEZNvR7q0lElDzrjMUmflFzvJI8SdsLi3f5UEAg7ss-cmMhgtNOT8LxSempMM7MnOx1Soijt5-1d5Re7wFEhOPX3g2AqtyrUrrnCxFr67_X_FbNdfzFWNUNRkX7XEcobIftFi_Vrgmkr6cROzScEHBy3sxlyksF2iLQ6prMHe2d-g5o/s1024/The%20Well.jpg) Working within specific, well-worn genre or subgenre frameworks can make it difficult to do something wholly new. How many rehashed slashers have we all sat through? But that doesn’t mean there aren’t worthwhile stories to tell. We still occasionally see exciting, fresh zombie tales, for instance. Post-apocalyptic movies are another example, illustrated nicely by The Well. Documentarian Hubert Davis (Black Ice), in his first narrative feature, uses these familiar trappings to tell a tense, brooding, slow-burn tale of life past the collapse of civilization. In a world where a fast-acting plague has rendered most of the water undrinkable, Sarah (Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, [Suicide Squad](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2016/08/suicide-squad-2016-movie-review.html)), and her family have the most precious resource imaginable, a well of pure, clean, untainted water. With her father, Paul (Arnold Pinnock, [Exit Wounds](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2010/05/exit-wounds.html)), and mother, Elisha (Joanne Boland, Fear Street: Prom Queen), she lives a quiet life, one thrown into upheaval by the arrival of her long-lost cousin, Jamie (Idrissa Sanogo, The Fire Inside). [\[Related Reading: 10 Movies to See at Fantasia 2025\]](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/07/fantasia-2025-10-movie-to-see.html) [![an old woman sits outside a trailer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60/w640-h360/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuQpol8UjPYEdAtS1ksBJJaqMdoUQphGBRiGrDsgu-KgSD1Gu7WFfF_XTtYWrLPSJuTONeDF9aWxAnkCnvGEvDaVte9iQk5nQJKK2buS_veuU7Yx0s2ZsLggpTGy1uBwKt5QZRkFJPC-gdMOn90cIqBW2B7sdYDvcOrF0Ny0s0IbURUMbhcZYGbbXs60/s1024/The%20Well%20Movie.jpg) Sarah feels trapped and penned in, yearning to explore. There are allusions to her brother dying, but for her, that feels vague and far in the past. Despite her parents’ constant warnings about the dangers of the outside, she doesn’t quite grasp the weight of the potential consequences. When she and Jamie venture out to find a crucial part for the well, she finds out the reality all too quickly when they encounter a group of survivors/borderline cult led by Gabriel (Sheila McCarthy, [Anything for Jackson](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2020/10/nightstream-review-anything-for-jackson.html)), who, of course, isn’t as sweet and well-meaning as she initially appears. Early on, the script from Kathleen Hepburn (The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open) and Michael Capellupo, drops quite a ton of information. In addition to the plague, there’s the privatization of the water supply, rampant militarization, escalating conflict throughout society, forced migration, camps that seem eerily prescient at the moment, and more. After this is dumped at our feet right out of the gate, it’s pushed to the side. This detail exists to establish the ground rules of the foreground action, add a layer of pressure, looming on the periphery, and serves as a backdrop for moral and ethical themes of isolationism versus community, trust, what we owe to each other, and more to play out. [\[Related Reading: '40 Acres' Movie Review\]](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/2025/05/40-acres-movie-review.html) [![an old woman in the firelight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE/w640-h360/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg)](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VPsQfkzH5Mogrr_k9bFKB3c-089vBukcfo-V7nX5VqVD2mYWRjnYzXSUx_IgXB-6AWEnUnBoHyVkDlVvrkf_KUpXc5a6qwuY5HX74M5ScMw3Et8bH0OcaYbS9K2J9iECVDJWM5zsThLG6Wf-oMrUZeOF9wFKCaI01gbybITbJRAfVUYSDLxzhURx1UE/s1024/THE%20WELL%20-%20image%201.jpeg) There’s a lot going on in the plot, though the core of the narrative is Sarah’s story. Pierre-Dixon carries this well, playing her as sheltered and hopeful, but also pragmatic. Watching her with McCarthy, warm and endearing one moment, holy-shit cold and calculating the next, is fantastic stuff. But there are disparate threads that aren’t given as much consideration. Paul sets out to track Sarah and faces his own solo perils. Elisha, left alone to unravel in solitude, loses herself in the painful memories of losing her other child. Everyone gets their story and trauma, but the film never balances them well and cutting back to one or the other often feels like an afterthought. This may be Davis’s first feature, but not his first rodeo, and he clearly has an adept visual sense. Working with cinematographer Stuart James Cameron (Making Monsters), there’s an eye for interesting compositions and delicate framing. The expansive Canadian landscapes drive home the imposed isolation, and they put industrial ruins and remains to excellent use as locations and as a subtle tool to build a crumbling world. A smaller production, for sure, the world, and thus the film, never feels small or constrained by the on-set resources. By turns bleak and grim, but ultimately landing on an apprehensive hopefulness, The Well breathes life into a dead or at least dying world. Like 40 Acres earlier this year, it doesn’t rewrite the formula, but it uses the template to tell a taut, moving story. With lovely photography, strong acting, and thematic depth and complexity, the end result is a journey well worth taking. [This is an updated version of an earlier review from a film festival](https://www.thelastthingisee.com/search/label/Fantasia%202025).
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