Yet another prime example of a great idea, fantastic actors, excellent camerawork, wonderful plot...and then all goes flat. Did the writers lost steam towards the end? Did they face a tight deadline? Did they spend too much time and then found out they needed to finish it quickly no matter what? I honestly do not know, and I wish I knew, because they simply murdered what could otherwise be a truly great movie to remember.
And so I still give it 6 points because you get drawn to the characters from the get-go. Things don´t seem right from the beginning (a good thing in a mistery thriller), but you cannot quite put your finger on it. The plot unravels slowly and soon enough you realize that these characters do have several dimensions...so far, so good.
Then you learn about what they do and what they want to do. There are so many possibilities you really don´t know what is going to happen. And all while enjoying the nice soundtrack and great camera work (I love how the camera works on the "wine drinking" scene).
And then it hits you. A plot full of interesting and believable possibilities take us into the land of "suspend belief" and then some. You need to keep granting the gift of believing while watching obvious errors that simply would not fly in a real scenario. And yes, I know this is a movie, but not a sci/fi! Furthermore, it truly seemed like the writers did not know what to do with some subplots and simply cut them down...the end was horrible on a movie that could so easily end up so well.
I would still recommend it because you do have a great time before you arrive at the last 20 minutes. Then you may have more patience than me and enjoy the ending.
And so I still give it 6 points because you get drawn to the characters from the get-go. Things don´t seem right from the beginning (a good thing in a mistery thriller), but you cannot quite put your finger on it. The plot unravels slowly and soon enough you realize that these characters do have several dimensions...so far, so good.
Then you learn about what they do and what they want to do. There are so many possibilities you really don´t know what is going to happen. And all while enjoying the nice soundtrack and great camera work (I love how the camera works on the "wine drinking" scene).
And then it hits you. A plot full of interesting and believable possibilities take us into the land of "suspend belief" and then some. You need to keep granting the gift of believing while watching obvious errors that simply would not fly in a real scenario. And yes, I know this is a movie, but not a sci/fi! Furthermore, it truly seemed like the writers did not know what to do with some subplots and simply cut them down...the end was horrible on a movie that could so easily end up so well.
I would still recommend it because you do have a great time before you arrive at the last 20 minutes. Then you may have more patience than me and enjoy the ending.