This movie is a slow one. Unnecessary long takes of random scenes padded out the runtime which could have been deducted by half an hour or so.
Started out as a good drama, watching the protagonist slowly going unhinged with his nightmares , hallucinations and mood changes , messing up his relationship with his family and friends. It's then explained to the audience that his mother also had the same issue back when he was 10 and it hints towards his delusions being the outcome of some type of a hereditary schizophrenia.
This not so much complex story goes on at a snail pace for 2 hrs with nothing to tie it up until in the last 30 secs , the same storm he been seeing in his dreams shows up out of nowhere , thus killing the entire explanation they been building up since the start. As a thriller this movie is a fail but as a drama it was watchable till the last act I mentioned earlier added fantasy elements and derailed the realistic vibe they were going for. Good acting by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain who made the ponderous pace bearable but the last scene subverted my expectation and left me hanging.
Started out as a good drama, watching the protagonist slowly going unhinged with his nightmares , hallucinations and mood changes , messing up his relationship with his family and friends. It's then explained to the audience that his mother also had the same issue back when he was 10 and it hints towards his delusions being the outcome of some type of a hereditary schizophrenia.
This not so much complex story goes on at a snail pace for 2 hrs with nothing to tie it up until in the last 30 secs , the same storm he been seeing in his dreams shows up out of nowhere , thus killing the entire explanation they been building up since the start. As a thriller this movie is a fail but as a drama it was watchable till the last act I mentioned earlier added fantasy elements and derailed the realistic vibe they were going for. Good acting by Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain who made the ponderous pace bearable but the last scene subverted my expectation and left me hanging.