I enjoyed this one, even if there were flaws. Amazing to think this was shot on an i-phone, and in just 10 days. It kind of reminds me of the days of low budget film-making which often contained interesting ideas.
The opening half of the movie works splendidly well, with Claire Foy become an in-patient against her will at a mental institution. It played like an interesting indictment of the medical insurance scam industry.
However Foy, who gives a fine performance, is saddled with a character who is not very sympathetic - she copes way better than most people would in her situation, eventually turning the tables on her old stalker, who implausibly turns up as a worker with a stolen identity there. Joshua Leonard also delivers a good performance as the disturbed David.
It does descend into thriller movie cliche, however, in the last 40 minutes. Director Stephen Soderberg handles it well throughout, however. And it's a movie worth seeing.
The opening half of the movie works splendidly well, with Claire Foy become an in-patient against her will at a mental institution. It played like an interesting indictment of the medical insurance scam industry.
However Foy, who gives a fine performance, is saddled with a character who is not very sympathetic - she copes way better than most people would in her situation, eventually turning the tables on her old stalker, who implausibly turns up as a worker with a stolen identity there. Joshua Leonard also delivers a good performance as the disturbed David.
It does descend into thriller movie cliche, however, in the last 40 minutes. Director Stephen Soderberg handles it well throughout, however. And it's a movie worth seeing.
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