Linkshoch Wonderful Movie

VeteranLight I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Luisa Miller This was pretty ridiculous. The plot premise was just childishly ludicrous: a bunch of people who barely know each other decide to risk everything and plot a murder together because some teenage slut who likes sleeping with her teachers commits suicide? Nonsensical. And whoever thinks there is actually a genuinely moral dilemma presented here needs to read a little more and acquire a more stable moral compass to destabilize. There is no plausible justification for the murder plot, whether or not you want to read it in terms of vigilante justice or vengeance. The so-called victim whose name the murderers are acting in unambiguously commits suicide (everyone involved knows that) and the circumstances surrounding her suicide is fuzzy at best for most of the plotters even when they hatch their hare-brained murder attempt. It is revealed pretty early in the film that one of the main plotters (Cate) does not have a bleeding clue about the events leading up to the teenager's suicide. And yet she happily decides she knows who to exact "vengeance" on. Absolutely moronic -- there is no ambiguity or "greyness" whatsoever here unless you think it is perfectly acceptable to go around punishing people for crimes you have little knowledge about. That said, this could have at least been entertaining, except for the terrible, amateurish acting. The woman playing the Nat character needs to take speech lessons. The "outbursts" from John would be embarrassing for a 1st year undergraduate drama student. My advice is not to waste your time -- it's got its place in a festival setting, I guess, where poorly-conceived, low- budget thrillers draw snickers from an audience basically paying to watch bad stuff so they can have fun mocking it. But everything has a place these days......But saying this is in the same ballpark as Death and the Maiden? Ouch.

ensignpeak This film had no redemptive quality what so ever. I was extremely disappointed with the result. I wanted far more than this film delivered. I suppose that is the gamble one takes with movies. You never know how things are going to end up. This one had great potential, but fell completely flat at the end.I was completely engaged in the storyline. I was drawn in by the growing complexity of the situation, and invested in the character's dilemma. My mind was actively engaged in plotting out several workable resolutions. There could have been a fantastic conclusion to this film, but the director took the most useless avenue to conclude the story. Movies should leave their audience with hope. This one left me wishing I'd never invested my time with it.

CurtHerzstark The label psychological thriller gets randomly thrown around whenever a new thriller film with a little slower pace comes up but generally speaking very few has that depth, acting, writing or direction worthy of say, the best films of say Hitchcock, David Mamet etc.This film however is a refreshing surprise and quite frankly pretty good, since the genre usually is very predictable. In this film themes like revenge, vengeance and pure vigilante actions are explored to the fullest and makes the viewer slightly unsure who is victim and who is the perpetrator.The whole film moves into grey area, and is lacerated with ambiguity and shows us how difficult revenge really can be. Justice at any cost can be quite costly.This is ensemble film were every actor does a great job, the script is pretty well written(it has twists and turns but very credible ones), direction is very good and the cinematography is wonderful.For those of you who liked Death and the Maiden (1994, House of Games (1987, Blackmail (1929), Shallow Grave (1994) etc, then this film should suit you pretty good. The rest can stay away.

daniela-844-7863 This is a sharp and sexy thriller that had an awesome reception in Toronto. Cast is wicked. It's very tense and the music is excellent. Loved it.The Hollywood Reporter wrote rightly that it's a 'well-crafted thriller.' There's an excellent review there.I highly recommend this if you're into dark thrillers and like something a little more stylish. Also if you just love a good Australian accent- who doesn't?I will not give it away but if you get a chance check it out. It's the directors first feature and well done for a first. He scored some very hot actors for the film.