Even in the movie, the obvious is stated: who hasn't had a thought about leaving their life and watching how people from that life react to them being gone missing? This movie explores that scenario. It's somewhat original, so, it's interesting.
The exploration has some interesting parts. Jenifer Garner is well cast as the wife whom the main character "kind of loves", but is also "sick and tired of her". Also, the whole projection that the protagonist has on his wife as "his main problem", which she clearly isn't, is interesting. Sure, she's far from perfect, but, so is he and it's obvious that he actually "did good, wife-wise" (in the sense that he could have done _much_ worse).
Also, the notion that he just goes on with his exile without having any good reason to, other than inertia, is interesting.
But, otherwise, it's not well put together, very little is deeply explored, there's not much fun or dread of all of this - while there can/should be.
The main problem is probably the ending. Sure, the "let the viewer think/imagine what might happen" ending can work. But, it needs to be done differently, especially with a movie as-is. Basically, the ending doesn't fit the movie at all. If we had more deep explorations, sure, this could work. But, as-is, movie is too shallow for such an ending.
The exploration has some interesting parts. Jenifer Garner is well cast as the wife whom the main character "kind of loves", but is also "sick and tired of her". Also, the whole projection that the protagonist has on his wife as "his main problem", which she clearly isn't, is interesting. Sure, she's far from perfect, but, so is he and it's obvious that he actually "did good, wife-wise" (in the sense that he could have done _much_ worse).
Also, the notion that he just goes on with his exile without having any good reason to, other than inertia, is interesting.
But, otherwise, it's not well put together, very little is deeply explored, there's not much fun or dread of all of this - while there can/should be.
The main problem is probably the ending. Sure, the "let the viewer think/imagine what might happen" ending can work. But, it needs to be done differently, especially with a movie as-is. Basically, the ending doesn't fit the movie at all. If we had more deep explorations, sure, this could work. But, as-is, movie is too shallow for such an ending.