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The Institute
The Institute
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	James Franco ; Pamela Romanowsky
Written by	Adam Rager; Matt Rager
Produced by	James Franco; Luke Daniels; Kurt Fethke; Jeffrey Greenstein; Vince Jolivette; Alan Pao; Scott Reed; Jeff Rice; Jonathan Yunger;
Starring	James Franco; Allie Gallerani; Tim Blake Nelson; Lori Singer; Pamela Anderson; Josh Duhamel; Eric Roberts;
Cinematography	Pedro Gómez Millán
Edited by	Evan Ahlgren, Aaron I. Butler
Music by	Adam Crystal;
Production; companies	Jeff Rice Films; Redwire Pictures; Campbell Grobman Films; Dark Rabbit Productions;
Distributed by	Momentum Pictures
Release date	March 3, 2017;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Institute is a 2017 American horror thriller film co-directed by Pamela Romanowsky and James Franco. It is based on a true story of a young girl's treatment at The Rosewood Institute in Owings Mills, Maryland, and stars Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, and Lori Singer. The film was released on March 3, 2017.^[1]

Synopsis

Baltimore, 1893: young Isabel Porter checks herself into the Rosewood Institute, following the sudden death of her parents, and is subjected to extreme experiments in brainwashing and mind control by the insidious Dr. Cairn.^{[citation needed]}

Cast

James Franco as Dr. Cairn
Allie Gallerani as Isabel Porter
Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Lemelle
Lori Singer as Madame Werner
Pamela Anderson as Ann Williams
Josh Duhamel as Detective
Eric Roberts as Dr. Torrington
Melissa Bolona as Trudy
Scott Haze as Gunther
Topher Grace as Vincent
Gabrielle Haugh as Allison

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 0% based on reviews from 5 critics, with an average rating of 2.50/10 rating.^[2]

Both RogerEbert.com^[3] and Slant Magazine gave the film one star out of four, with the later writing "The Institute seems constantly on the verge of dipping into spoof, though of what exactly is difficult to say".^[4]

Gary Goldstein of the Los Angeles Times dismissed the film as 'silly' and added that "the mishmash of a script by Adam and Matt Rager is filled with arch attempts at period dialogue and much psychobabble. Franco and Romanowsky's unsubtle direction doesn’t help."^[5]

Matt Donato of Film Journal International also was not impressed with the film, criticizing the script, direction and approach to the material, saying that "watching The Institute, you'll feel caught in a musty chamber with no escape, slowed by wolfsbane serums that beckon the deepest of sleep. No prescription will cure what ails this botched indie experiment".^[6]