A good psycho-thriller that can get a little ridiculous towards the end. However, kudos to the filmmaker for getting in there and letting the film evolve as its own beast, reaching a dark but logical conclusion. Good stuff, even if it lost me a little bit. The first hour is great, including an enthralling monologue from the wonderful Rebecca Hall, she's on top of this with her full range on display. Here's another psychological film built around her and I'm all for it. She plays a woman who manages her sex life with the same efficiency as she brushes her teeth, it all adds up to her detailed psychological profile. Tim Roth is great too as the supporting role (or rather undermining role), his character feels really menacing.
It's really sad how trauma works. This big stain that can't be washed away and stays there forever. It really sucks and the film does a great job of portraying how it can take over a life, no matter how good that life is, no matter how long it's been repressed. It stays there, impossible to share. That comes through and it shows that this film is very well thought out.
On a side note, I find it both tragic and hilarious (some will say they're the same thing) how men have been lectured for decades into having feelings only to end up mocked for mismanaging them. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.
It's really sad how trauma works. This big stain that can't be washed away and stays there forever. It really sucks and the film does a great job of portraying how it can take over a life, no matter how good that life is, no matter how long it's been repressed. It stays there, impossible to share. That comes through and it shows that this film is very well thought out.
On a side note, I find it both tragic and hilarious (some will say they're the same thing) how men have been lectured for decades into having feelings only to end up mocked for mismanaging them. Damned if we do, damned if we don't.