Bon Voyage (2006)
8/10
Solid, well acted thriller.
31 October 2021
It's a clever thriller, starting a bit as a slow-burner, but very gradually building up the suspense into a high paced and very involving second half. The story is solidly crafted, in the end we get all the answers, which is nice for a change, since open-ended thrillers are the thing these days, with villains that seem to act for no reason at all. Here we get motives, even understandable ones.

There were some flaws too. Like why all this innuendo of a bad marriage and adultery? And why picture this family so unsympathetic, with all that harsh behavior towards each other? It didn't add anything to the story, in fact a nice harmonious family maybe would have made it all even more poignant. Both parents are by the way very well acted by Fay Ripley and Ben Miles.

The end is a bit abrupt, I guess afterwards the parents were facing a difficult time with explaining all that happened to the police, but the writers conveniently left that to our imagination. All in all, a fine and worth while thriller.
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