DirecTV had granted me a free rental so I had to see this after noticing it was rated 9.2 (at the time, with only about 25 ratings). The story is simple with no real twists - a writer rents a home in rural New Hampshire (or was it New York?). She's grieving but for what isn't stated till later. An intruder enters the home early one morning. She lets him stay and over the winter a relationship develops.
The dialog is mostly interesting, but will strike you as a play put on film - most of it occurs in the living room of the rental. There are a couple points I couldn't swallow even after explanations are given. First, she doesn't bring a gun to her first confrontation with the intruder, followed by her repeatedly letting him return and stay, while he's constantly drunk and hitting on her. The explanation was she was suicidal and maybe hoping he'd kill her, sparing her the task. I might have been better sold if alerted to this at the first meeting.
Second, I didn't buy the eventual romance between the two. There's such an age difference, and even if she's emotionally needy...no. Perhaps if the ages were closer, I'd be able to suspend my disbelief.
So, it was entertaining, but not an 8 or 9 rating (which would make it about the highest rated movie ever!)
The dialog is mostly interesting, but will strike you as a play put on film - most of it occurs in the living room of the rental. There are a couple points I couldn't swallow even after explanations are given. First, she doesn't bring a gun to her first confrontation with the intruder, followed by her repeatedly letting him return and stay, while he's constantly drunk and hitting on her. The explanation was she was suicidal and maybe hoping he'd kill her, sparing her the task. I might have been better sold if alerted to this at the first meeting.
Second, I didn't buy the eventual romance between the two. There's such an age difference, and even if she's emotionally needy...no. Perhaps if the ages were closer, I'd be able to suspend my disbelief.
So, it was entertaining, but not an 8 or 9 rating (which would make it about the highest rated movie ever!)