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56 year old Gina and 54 year old Nick as new parents. Really? Are you kidding? This is getting silly. I understand the need to draw in eyeballs with known talent but come on. Gina's mother in law character is Faye Dunaway who's only 11 years older. There's only so much soft focus and cake makeup you slather on to cover that. And Nick? Shoe polish in your hair is not a good look. I get it, you owe like a zillion dollars and you have to work like a dog but why not look for parts for a guy your age.

This straight to DVD Nicolas Cage affair is certainly less "Actiony" than what we have grown accustomed to over the past few years. Rejoining Gina Gershon he delves into thriller territory and though the story has been done before they do a decent enough job.

What threw me was the initial swerve, the movie opens one way and quickly u-turns. When the twist came I'll be truthful I didn't expect it.

Also starring former WWE "Wrestler" (And I use that term very loosely) Eva Marie who I immediately mistook for a Kardashian. Credit where credit is due she put in a decent enough performance but being a wrestling fan I see her and I just see a train wreck.

Harmless enough feature which all comes together well in the end even if it does feel somewhat recycled.

The Good:

One Eva Marie scene that every WWE fan will appreciate

Gina Gershon

The Bad:

Eva Marie

Things I learnt from this movie:

Eva Marie is a better actress than a wrestler

Gina Gershon has access to the fountain of youth

I'm not sure who decided to have Jonathan Baker direct this film, but it was a huge mistake. Considering he was also the producer, he should have just left it at that - and the small role he also had as a member of the cast (Barry). Was it too much responsibility for one novice filmmaker to undertake? Certainly. Was it a mistake to have him in this type of film as his directorial debut? Absolutely.

The pace of this film was *very* slow. Had I played this at 1.5x faster speed, it may have been more enjoyable. His selection of the score was terrible, if not clearly absent in parts that it should have been present.

The story itself, although done before, did hold my attention and I found it interesting, primarily from the only actor that was the most convincing, Nicky Whelan as Katie. Clearly she is the one that held this movie together.

Now of course, Faye Dunaway's small role was performed on point, but that comes expected with an actor of her caliber.

What was disappointing however was the rest of the cast, particularly Gina Gershon as Angela, and Nicolas Cage as Brian.

I'm a fan of Gina, but I felt she struggled with her role in this one, just as Nicolas did, of which I am also a long time fan of his. I have to admit, this is the first film I actually wished Mr. Cage over- acted his performance as he is well know to do so in his previous films.

What's more shocking is how these two seasoned A-list actors accepted these roles. I would assume after reading the script, it sounded much better than it was directed, so thus their lack of excitement and convincement in their roles I blame fully on the director.

Had this film been directed by someone else, I feel it would have been a huge success and much more enjoyable.

At the end of the day, Jonathan Baker can add an undeserved notch to his directors chair, Nicky Whelan can add a well acted and deserved positive entry to her acting resume, and Nicolas Cage and Gina Gershon should hide this notch from their actors chairs.

A generous 7/10 for an interesting script, held together primarily by Nicky Whelan. It's a shame this film ended up as a lost opportunity to be much greater. For that matter, it's inconceivable.

Katie (Nicky Whelan) is a mother whom has recently escaped from an abusive relationship. Katie ends up befriending wealthy couple Angela (Gina Gershon) and Brian (Nicolas Cage) and stays in their guest house whilst serving as their nanny. Initially all is well, but the couple start to get suspicious of Katie when they start to learn that she's hiding a dark secret...

The set-up isn't a bad one and in some ways this film reminded me of 'The Hand That Rocks The Cradle', but despite an intriguing set-up the film doesn't contain much in the way of audience involvement. There is some mystery with Katie's character, but the film reveals too much too soon which ultimately kills much of the suspense. The main story also lacks credibility and requires a leap of faith to be able to accept what you're seeing is even remotely believable; a couple allowing a stranger to be their nanny without carrying out any kind of background checks first???

The tempo picks up slightly towards the end, but by this point I'd already lost interest in the story (mainly down to the drawn-out first half of the picture where next to nothing actually happens). I also wasn't impressed by Jonathan Baker's direction which was far too leisurely and I also wasn't impressed by the art-house pretentious feel that the film had as a whole.

The acting isn't too bad though with Whelan and Gershon both being the standout's here. Nic Cage is the big named actor here, but the filmmakers waste him here by just having him hanging round in the background (he's never sufficiently developed and isn't given the chance to make any kind of impression on the picture). The cynic in me thinks that he may have only been cast in the film as a gimmick to make the film appeal to a wider audience.

FINAL VERDICT; skip this one and watch The Hand That Rocks The Cradle instead.

I watched to the end. I didn't give up half-way though. That is all I can say about this movie. It is about how a woman insidiously worms herself into another's life slowly. The acting is acceptable. The plot is quite standard. Cage is old and fat, but more importantly, his acting is mediocre. Yes, I will watch it once.

I rarely write reviews but I feel obligated to give one because it was the reviews that I gave this movie a chance.

First of all, what twist? The plot was so obvious and predictable. I was not surprised whatsoever at any point of the movie. Second, the story was not realistic in my opinion. The characters behave in a stupid way most of the time which made it hard for me to associate with any of them. The husband is way too unsupportive and still portrayed to be a good one at the end.

So, in short, if you enjoy only very well written and directed, realistic movies with real twists, stay away from this one!

Inconceivable: A dark thriller where Nic Cage doesn't chew up the scenery. He's a placid doctor married to another doctor, Gina Gershon. NicKy Whelan inveigles her way into their home, first as a friend, then as a nanny, eventually becoming a surrogate mother for a donor embryo. Whelan isn't all that she seems, indeed she's the psychotic type of character usually portrayed by Cage. She merrily drugs, drowns and stabs her way along. Some really disturbing/violent scenes but Whelan's psychological manipulation and gaslighting of her victims is far more impressive. Faye Dunaway plays an interfering grandmother. Director Jonathan Baker working from a script by Chloe King delivers an interesting thriller with many twists and turns. On Netflix. 7/10.

OK, there might be some flaws in the acting/directing and somehow the end could have been more surprising, but yet it's better than most of the movies we're used to see nowadays.

It reminds me a lot of The hand that rocks the craddle.

Nicolas Cage is under-exploited (he looks more and more like John Cusack, or is it just me?) and quite slow. I don't see the point of hiring him for such a bland part, that any C-rated actor could have performed.

Nicky Whelan overplays it (ok, she's way better-looking than Glenn Close, but not as spooky as she was in Fatal Attraction, sorry dear).

The twist, not so twisted but it does the job.

So I will give it an 8 for effort + the entertainment + suspense + the fact that I wanted to see it till the end (most movies I don't, or fast-play them).

You will note several ten-star reviews, clearly written by the director or his cronies. So, skip those - how do I know this? Because this is what they do - and no one could be that stupid as to give this film ten stars. Then he has thousands of his nearest and dearest friends upvote it on the main page.

There is no need to pontificate on how bad this film - the script is horrible, the photography is digital (and I don't mean that as a positive), and I can't feel for Nicolas Cage because he obviously enjoys the dough and likes working. Faye Dunaway was clearly bamboozled by the moron director - clearly. She should, at this point, take a leaf from Jane Fonda's book and attempt to not slum. Because when you slum like this, no one will hire you to do something worthwhile. BTW, the "director" described this to the press as a comeback role for her. Uh huh. She has maybe six minutes of screen time.

Gina Gershon, as others point out, gives it her all, but I've never thought much of her all and even if she were Meryl Streep there is simply nothing to be done with either the character or the insufferable dialogue. I found Nicky Whelan ever so annoying, all schmacting all the time.

So where does all this end up? Correct, the director, someone named Jonathan Baker. a) he is a terrible director. b) he is a terrible director, and c) he is also a terrible actor who put himself in this film. Oh, and d) he is a terrible director and, having read up on him, a man of limitless chutzpah and ego. What else is new? The man's claim to fame is The Amazing Race. He has exactly five acting credits, one feature film credit (this one) and that's it. So how exactly did he bamboozle these actors and the people who funded the film? Well, apparently he has money from somewhere - his wife perhaps? Family? Because apparently he put in a million bucks of his own money. Well, that's one way to direct a film. He's also apparently funding a documentary about - him. I'm not making this up, folks. This guy is everything that's wrong with the movies today and hopefully after the failure of this wretched film we will not be subjected to another film from him. The film cost twelve million dollars with, I'm sure, a good deal of that going to the actors he "bought". Certainly none of it went into the filming, which took fifteen days. Who can blame Mr. Cage for taking a large check like that? Or Ms. Dunaway? Or Ms. Gershon? And the film's gross? Under $300,000. So, a complete and utter disaster. I found exactly two legit reviews - the LA Times and the Hollywood Reporter - both hugely negative as they should be - sorry, Mr. Baker, money can't buy that for you. Shame on you and shame on everyone involved. Learn how to read a script and just say no. Learn anything, but stop wasting people's time.

Finally, to the morons and friends of the director who loved the "twist" at the end - what twist? There was no twist at the end. Just shameless lying by the screenwriter/director to get you to believe one thing when another is true. That's not a twist, that's idiocy. And there you have it.

Slow, poorly directed, stilted acting. I watched because several reviews said the twist at the end made up for the poor movie. I've now finished watching, and was the twist that there was no twist?

Don't waste your time. I should give it a one, but I have seen worse movies. It had something that made me kept watching, but perhaps that was simply the misleading reviews that had me waiting for something worth watching.

Inconceivable was actually good.Acting was superb from Cage.His forte is technically found in drama.Although it didn't spark with the kind of fierce exchange between two ladies ironically marying one man.But the lesson is well learned.Actually there is a diachotomy between being a mother and mothering.7/10 is fair,Cage was superb,thats exactly what is expected from a man in such situation

With one exception every actor completely phones it in. Completely unimaginative directing, poor editing and very predictable. Not worth 100 minutes of your life.

With Nicolas Cage in the film I was expecting it to have some action in it, which is typical of many of his films more recently.

It doesn't.

What it does have is solid acting by excellent actors (including Cage) and a fascinating story where you are ever quite sure which way the film will go.

Overall I think this is a good drama that is well worth seeing. If I had bothered to read the synopsis properly I may not have watched it - but I am glad I did.

I don't know why some people have a problem with the production - it is good and complements the story perfectly.

Well worth seeing.

The most inconceivable thing about this film is somebody having such an incredibly flat stomach and being so mobile right after having a C-section. In all seriousness, this absurdity is something that needs to be addressed in the film industry but there we go...

Otherwise, the story is interesting enough, relatively slow-paced (running time needn't have been so long - not that it was long, but it was too long for what this film is). There were unnecessary sub-plots.

Acting was OK, Nicky Whelan is used to doing over-the-top dramatic plots from her time on Neighbours, so did perfectly well here. Why have an A-lister like NC involved? Why not, I suppose.

All in all, it was pretty meh. Another user likened it to a Lifetime movie and they hit the nail on the head. Lifetime movies are an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, so I finished the film more or less satiated. Just don't see Nick Cage's name and think you're getting a blockbuster.

I really enjoyed this movie, great cast & good acting, characters that draw you in with their enviable lifestyle & a good, solid storyline. I like slow burning domestic thrillers with a crazy spurned partner-come- stalker and I found this movie ticked all the boxes, while remaining believable and not over the top.

You can't conceive? Maybe as you are both almost 60? who cast this movie?

I enjoyed this film, yes it's a recycled plot but it's still a good drama. Some good actors and I liked the story. It doesn't deserve the hate.

How is Nicholas cage still getting work? Awful. Boring. Predictable. Bad acting all round. Plot holes everywhere and bad writing. That's it!