Davidon80
Joined Oct 1999
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The strength of the script and actors makes this a very entertaining schlock thriller with some real nasty turns. Joely Richardson gives possibly her strongest performance as the lead in this movie, keeping the mood suitably tense and providing a very good turn as a mother who will go to any lengths to protect her family. The supporting cast also give the script the emotional edge that it requires, Neil Linpow and Harry Candy giving convincing performances as the troubled duo, making the desperate situation feel both genuine and taut, also Sadie Soverall as Maisie gives a very strong turn as the ingenue, struggling to decipher the emotional puzzle at play.
An extremely entertaining thriller that will take you by surprise.
An extremely entertaining thriller that will take you by surprise.
Was pleasantly surprised by this movie. While the set up is a little clunky, imagine the end scene in castaway where Tom Hanks turns up to his wife's home and then turn that into a movie. Had this script been written in the 2000s I can easily see the movie being a screwball Cameron Diaz vehicle with a much bigger emphasis on the comedic elements in the script, perhaps even Ashton Kuchner popping up somewhere. But what this movie does instead of playing for laughs is wring the drama out of the story, giving the two leads Phillipa Soo and Luke Bracey a lot of time to build their romance, which does make us invested in the love triangle element once it occurs. Which is to the detriment of Simu Liu, who does a lot of work away from the main leads, which slightly undermines his leading man status, as Soo and Bracey are the ones we're rooting for, and Liu seems like a genuine inconvenience for most of the movie and is given very little beyond his third wheel status.
Phillipa Soo is great as a leading lady genuinely torn by her love of two fine men, Bracey and Liu both do good work, a pleasant surprise and one definitely worth checking in on.
Phillipa Soo is great as a leading lady genuinely torn by her love of two fine men, Bracey and Liu both do good work, a pleasant surprise and one definitely worth checking in on.
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