Review of The Trap

The Trap (2007)
7/10
The Trap : 2007
17 September 2012
I had watched the movie yesterday evening and I still clearly remember the father's face and his misery. He has done excellent acting.

The movie feels very realistic. The closeness of the family is well built-up.

The situation that the family finds itself in is unfortunately very real. Life can present tough challenges that do not have a method to solve.And there are moments where the situation overwhelms you and there are moments when the protagonists are composed in spite of the challenges.The movie honestly captures both kinds of moments.

The movie has excellent emotional content. The director has shown mastery at presenting tension.There are silent shots which convey so much about the situation.

The plot is not a filmy unreal plot - there are aspects that add and take away some of the perfect Hollywood style smartness and instead presents the weaknesses that real life harbors.The man who sets the trap is himself weak as the story reveals.

The wife has acted well - very convincing. The wife is in a story thread, unaware of the thread her husband is trapped in and this dichotomy is presented well and the credit goes to the wife's acting.

The husband is the one who won my heart. The sincere person that he is all through the movie is remarkable. Though forced into a mistake, he tries to do the right thing as he says and he takes it all the way. Sometimes you like a movie because you like the main protagonist in the movie - this protagonist is one such.

The way the story line is structured reminded me of Hawaii,Oslo where just a little portion of the story happens in the current where as most of the story happens in a flashback.

The only thing that was not convincing to me was the way the husband takes up the task with very inadequate payment.
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