Friendship blossoms between a pregnant teenager and a lonely caterer with a history of abducting women in this stalker/psychopath movie with a difference. Unlike most sociopath thrillers, 'Felicia's Journey' chugs along based on what is implied with a constant sense in the air that Bob Hoskins is about to do something sinister. This resonates all the more strongly since the vast majority of the film is spent on jovial interactions between the pair as he constantly offers to help her out while never once imposing on her. Hoskins also remains likable throughout, with the film focused on his insecurities and loneliness rather than his heinous past actions, which we only ever see brief glimpses of. There is much to admire in how refreshingly unpredictable the film becomes with this unusual narrative approach; a particularly intense sequence of events has Hoskins successfully track down the boyfriend that the teenager is searching for, only for an engineered meeting between the two leading to unexpected results. This tension is not, however, always felt and arguably too much time passes between the pair becoming meeting and her become dependent on him, but the novel approach here still renders the film worth a look. Hoskins and lead actress Elaine Cassidy are both well cast, Mychael Danna's music is very effective and the film is utterly unsettling at its best.
Review of Felicia's Journey
