I Live Here Now (2026) by Julie Pacino

Director: Julie Pacino

Year: 2026

Country: USA

Alternate Titles: N/A

Genre: Psychological

Plot:

After learning that she’s pregnant, a woman scorned by her family and trying to deal with everything in her career starts to follow a treatment plan to correct everything at a special inn designed to cater to her needs, starting her on a dangerous, mind-altering journey of discovering herself.

Review:

For the most part, this was an okay if somewhat troubling psychological genre effort. What this gets right is the immensely effective and psychologically disturbing setup that provides a fair look into her frail mindset. With the first half here effectively and economically establishing what we need to know about her, from the discovery of her position in her career to the impact her pregnancy has, alongside the reaction her boyfriend’s family has, the emotional impact on everything here gives her the motivation to get to the special inn where everything takes place. The type of revelations that come about following this, from what happened to her as a child and the kind of impact it has on her growing up to the point of being so ill-at-ease with her body that anything remotely concerning it makes her extremely uncomfortable, this creates a chilling enough setup focusing on coming to terms with herself.

While that comes together in terms of who she is, there’s very little about it that comes off as all too interesting. The whole approach here is so heavy-handed in how it tries to present the various guests at the inn with her as a psychological extension of herself and the turmoil within her mind, but then presents that as something secretive that needs to be uncovered in grand fashion, causing the film to feel dull and drawn out when it doesn’t need to be. This ends up leaving a lot of the interactions here with her and the others around the inn where she’s staying to be devoid of suspense or urgency when she just comes off as slow on the uptake, failing to realize something that obvious to prolong the story simply for these nonsensical reasons, and lowering the film overall.

Overview: ***/5

A likable enough if somewhat flawed genre effort, this one comes together with a lot of likable elements, only for its more detrimental factors to make this a bit more troubling than it should be. Those with an appreciation for this style of genre fare or who aren’t bothered by the flaws on display will have the most to like, while most others out there should heed caution.