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This Netflix movie doesn't know what it wants to be. It's is a big mix of charm, oddness, is a touch comedic, and there's a strong dash of threat and tension too, but it never takes full advantage of any of those elements. Good looking and with a great soundtrack, this could have been better.

I don't bother writing reviews very often anymore and I doubt I would've written one for this film either had I not stumbled across a terrible review. Clearly the other reviewer hated this film and everyone is entitled to their own opinion but their brutal dismissal was one I just couldn't abide with.

Is this a fast-paced thrill a minute adventure? No.

Is it a side-splitting comedy? No.

Does it make any brilliant societal observation? No.

Does it have to accomplish any of those things to be a good, successful, entertaining film? No.

The film is beautiful. Its colors, locale, music and meandering pacing give it a mellow dreamlike quality - like, perhaps... a vacation at a resort.

The primary conflict is one that one annoy the crap out of any of us.

The events that evolve (or devolve, if you will) or two protagonists from their innocuous introduction to the destructive consequences of their encouter are perfectly ambiguous but there are also more than enough clues to explain them.

A beautiful and compelling movie. Hardly a must-see or an entry on anybody's top 100 but not bad at all.

The beginning was promising, but the ending was confusing and weak and pretty much left me indifferent other than I got to see Luis Mendes who I first saw in the 2 Crows series about the soccer team which was great. They guy is a great actor. Also, R J Mitte was surprisingly good. I guess he never got a chance in Breaking Bad because he was just a peripheral character.

This films is certainly not fast paced but it builds the characters well. The two males growing sense of alienation is palpable and the film builds a good levels of tension as to what might happen when one of them snaps. Sadly the ending when it comes is very anticlimactic and feels rather muddled and rushed.

Nice to see the child from Breaking Bad as the Time Share messiah figure to those that have drunk the Kool-aid.

If you enjoy well made foreign indies, then I recommend this film. The film is beautifully shot and the acting is on point. It is a slow burn somewhat surrealist movie. If that sounds like your kind of film and have Netflix then there is no reason not to check it out. Personally, my main complaint was with the narrative as the film progressed. I felt the film sort of became lost in itself.