Great premise for this film -- gives it a nice element of realism. It's relatable. Filmed in pretty San Francisco neighborhood which ads to the local charm/context.
But there just isn't enough on the line for this to be a top-notch thriller -- all that could happen is they get foreclosed on. Sure that sucks but at the end of day that's all that's gonna happen. Things get more to the point - more for what I'm looking for - in the film's final scenes but it's too late; that stuff needs to start building much much earlier on to get the audience on board and keep them there.
Tension is built fairly nicely but I just wanted things to be more extreme/go further. Seems like all the ideas are there for this picture to be good and having Keaton in the baddie role is a goldmine. But the writer/director just don't do enough/go far enough in my opinion. Great ideas but only mediocre execution.
But there just isn't enough on the line for this to be a top-notch thriller -- all that could happen is they get foreclosed on. Sure that sucks but at the end of day that's all that's gonna happen. Things get more to the point - more for what I'm looking for - in the film's final scenes but it's too late; that stuff needs to start building much much earlier on to get the audience on board and keep them there.
Tension is built fairly nicely but I just wanted things to be more extreme/go further. Seems like all the ideas are there for this picture to be good and having Keaton in the baddie role is a goldmine. But the writer/director just don't do enough/go far enough in my opinion. Great ideas but only mediocre execution.