The French know how to make a solid thriller, and this is one of the best I've seen, I would say rivaling even some of Hitchcock's greatest works.
Two women are best friends as well as next-door neighbors, with sons who are the same age. When one of the boys dies in a freak accident, the mother of the dead boy blames her friend, and decides to get revenge by slowly and steadily making life hell for the friend and her family.
Like any skilled psychopathic narcissist, she does this slowly and methodically, turning her targets against one another in the process. The friend being targeted realizes what is happening, only to be labeled as 'crazy' by her own husband, which is absolutely infuriating.
The tension builds as the crazy one goes further and further in making the family's life hell with evil deeds. However, she does so in such sneaky ways that make it very difficult to prove her evil intent, and thus the person accusing her is not believed. Which is exactly how these malignant types work, and they know exactly what they're doing.
Great movie though, captivating and very tense.
I wish the ending had turned out differently, but just like in real life, when a malignant narcissist infests your life, the outcome is rarely a happy one.
Two stars off for the unnecessary, long sex scene.
Two women are best friends as well as next-door neighbors, with sons who are the same age. When one of the boys dies in a freak accident, the mother of the dead boy blames her friend, and decides to get revenge by slowly and steadily making life hell for the friend and her family.
Like any skilled psychopathic narcissist, she does this slowly and methodically, turning her targets against one another in the process. The friend being targeted realizes what is happening, only to be labeled as 'crazy' by her own husband, which is absolutely infuriating.
The tension builds as the crazy one goes further and further in making the family's life hell with evil deeds. However, she does so in such sneaky ways that make it very difficult to prove her evil intent, and thus the person accusing her is not believed. Which is exactly how these malignant types work, and they know exactly what they're doing.
Great movie though, captivating and very tense.
I wish the ending had turned out differently, but just like in real life, when a malignant narcissist infests your life, the outcome is rarely a happy one.
Two stars off for the unnecessary, long sex scene.