Am so unimpressed with this movie that I intend to keep this short and spend my time trying to work out how I've been left feeling sorry for the antagonist sex offender and NOT his victim.
As much as it clearly wasn't deemed pertinent that Miranda was actually a person the audience ought to like for this plot to work, it is, I feel, the MAIN reason why it just didn't deliver.
Of course, her aggressor was someone we all despise in real life, but the entire tone and script of this movie forces you to actually sympathise with the textbook villain; Miranda's manipulative, controlling, clinical perspective of life and those in it allowed her to hoodwink William (the guy who raped her)into thinking she had forgiven him and............get this, invites him round to "fix things" with a couple of freshly-made lemonades thrown in!!!!!
Guess the moral of this movie is don't speak to people you have seriously wronged or accept drinks from them. They may not truly have accepted you're apologies but will definitely make YOU sorry!
As much as it clearly wasn't deemed pertinent that Miranda was actually a person the audience ought to like for this plot to work, it is, I feel, the MAIN reason why it just didn't deliver.
Of course, her aggressor was someone we all despise in real life, but the entire tone and script of this movie forces you to actually sympathise with the textbook villain; Miranda's manipulative, controlling, clinical perspective of life and those in it allowed her to hoodwink William (the guy who raped her)into thinking she had forgiven him and............get this, invites him round to "fix things" with a couple of freshly-made lemonades thrown in!!!!!
Guess the moral of this movie is don't speak to people you have seriously wronged or accept drinks from them. They may not truly have accepted you're apologies but will definitely make YOU sorry!