This recently came onto Netflix and I thought I'd give it a chance. The story sounded like my kind of thing and the movie had been lucky enough to get a pretty decent cast together before some of them would've been too big to do a film like this. I think the cast are a big part of what kept this movie afloat. Without some serious acting chops carrying it I could see this film falling apart very quickly.
The story is told in non-linear fashion and there are no clear indicators to tell you where you are exactly. You can usually work it about 10-20 seconds into the scene, but you do have to have your wits about you. It chops and changes so much though that it can be quite jarring and can be hard to relax into the rhythm of the film. Also, while I did mention I liked the cast, I actually had to turn the subtitles on because it was very difficult to pick up their dialogue a lot of the time.
The mystery at the heart of the film is an interesting one and it is strong enough to push the film past its other flaws. I wanted to know what had happened and I wasn't disappointed when I found out. The characters themselves in this film are truly shocking people. I'm not sure if they were intended to be written that way, but that's certainly how they came across.
This was somewhere between a 6 and a 7 for me. I settled on a 7 because it knew not to outstay its welcome and it kept me reasonably entertained for the most part.
The story is told in non-linear fashion and there are no clear indicators to tell you where you are exactly. You can usually work it about 10-20 seconds into the scene, but you do have to have your wits about you. It chops and changes so much though that it can be quite jarring and can be hard to relax into the rhythm of the film. Also, while I did mention I liked the cast, I actually had to turn the subtitles on because it was very difficult to pick up their dialogue a lot of the time.
The mystery at the heart of the film is an interesting one and it is strong enough to push the film past its other flaws. I wanted to know what had happened and I wasn't disappointed when I found out. The characters themselves in this film are truly shocking people. I'm not sure if they were intended to be written that way, but that's certainly how they came across.
This was somewhere between a 6 and a 7 for me. I settled on a 7 because it knew not to outstay its welcome and it kept me reasonably entertained for the most part.