Hippopotamus

After seeing a scene of it on social media, I was hooked and had to watch it. The film as a whole is absolutely brilliant, although it felt more like a short film.

I'd highly recommend giving it a watch if suspense and thrillers are your type of thing.

Ruby wakes up in a basement looking room with her head and legs bandaged, not recalling who she is. Her kidnapper Tom walks in informing her that he compromised her legs and he is planning to keep her there until she falls in love with him.

I am always intrigued by a storyline that is set in a closed space, throwing psychologically intense questions at the viewer and relies solely on two main characters with little background information and their connection to each other.

It does have a good start, but is this movie trying to bite more than it can chew?

It seemed somewhat forced and the actors seemed lost from time to time. The movie did give the viewer the freedom to get their own conclusions at the end, like Black Swan or American psycho.

The question remains at the end: are Ruby's memories actually coming back or does Tom forcefully builds himself into Ruby's conscious?

All in all, I felt the chemistry between the characters. The story, though seemed sometimes slow, it did came to a full circle at the end. It was the right amount of pretentious to make it watchable and the unique title will remind me of the story for a long time to come.

I wouldn't have watched this based on reviews but a friend recommended it. Some of the acting was questionable I'll admit, and the accents didn't sit well with me. However, I thought the story was actually very good. It reminded me of the plot in 'Before I go to sleep'. The ending had Fair shock value, definitely worth a watch.

If you like your movies wrapped up nice and neat at the end so that you have a sense of closure, this is not the film for you. When I got to the end my mind was reeling so I watched it again. And again. This movie is brilliant and haunting. I loved it.

I was hooked for most of this film, I won't pretend otherwise, it is shot beautifully and the acting is of a very good standard. The Stockholm syndrome vibe is intriguing but the whole film comes crashing down at the end. The final 15 minutes make absolutely no sense whatsoever, the only reason I can think it ended like this was because it is supposed to be ambiguous. It comes off as a good idea executed badly in the end, with the lazy approach of making the audience make their own reasons for this ending that actually giving us a good ending.