tatlayoung

I found this film riveting. Fantastic yet understated performances by all. Laysla De Oliveira is perfect for her role - absolutely stunning and fully believable. Atom Egoyan is a master storyteller. It was a very personal journey for me watching this film - I understand that some may find it boring or tedious if they somehow are unable to relate to the characters. I certainly could relate to them, though. I am sorry to see so many low ratings for this film - I think it deserves much better, and I think there are many people who would benefit from watching it.

This is a very predictable storyline. No surprises except for how watchable Jillian Murray is. Usually a movie like this, I would have stopped watching after 5 minutes. But I couldn't take my eyes off of her the whole way. She made me cheer for a character with absolutely no depth! Even though I knew exactly what would happen, I wanted to keep watching because of her. The movie itself deserves a rating of 2 out of 10 - I've given it a 5 because of her. If that sounds like not much praise, I disagree - this could have the greatest actors or all time playing these roles and it would still be a terrible and predictable movie. I hope Jillian Murray will get a chance to play a really excellent character soon so that we can see how she does when she actually has some material to work with!