I noticed a number of reviews on this from politically-minded types internalizing any and all displays of female fragility displayed in this film as evidence of "misogyny" on the part of the writer, director, etc, which I found incredibly irrational, and likely an admission of some deep insecurities that this movie must have triggered in certain viewers.
In reality, this film is an entirely competent, if relatively unoriginal, little drama/thriller that escalates in tension and whose story unfolds in a kind of detective fashion that I quite enjoyed. I will say, the chemistry between the main actress and her husband felt off, but other than that, I found the performances quite realistic.
If you're interested in psychology, it's especially satisfying in how this film effectively showcases the personality of a typical female covert narcissist, and how they incrementally dominate emotionally vulnerable people through love-bombing and deception.
Other complaints that I saw were people dismissing the plot as "absurd", "ridiculous", and "farfetched", but there are people in the world who behave this way, they're not incredibly common, but they absolutely exist. I've met them, and anyone else who has will appreciate the disordered pathology addressed in this film.
In reality, this film is an entirely competent, if relatively unoriginal, little drama/thriller that escalates in tension and whose story unfolds in a kind of detective fashion that I quite enjoyed. I will say, the chemistry between the main actress and her husband felt off, but other than that, I found the performances quite realistic.
If you're interested in psychology, it's especially satisfying in how this film effectively showcases the personality of a typical female covert narcissist, and how they incrementally dominate emotionally vulnerable people through love-bombing and deception.
Other complaints that I saw were people dismissing the plot as "absurd", "ridiculous", and "farfetched", but there are people in the world who behave this way, they're not incredibly common, but they absolutely exist. I've met them, and anyone else who has will appreciate the disordered pathology addressed in this film.