Film starts with a single shot that lasts minutes, using a Steadicam, no music, showing a courtroom and jumping from the monologue of prosecutor to the defendant and finishing by zooming in to the protagonists face. Plante shows great taste in his direction by borrowing from the best: Hitchcock, Scorsese, Polanski, Kubrick, Fincher.
My main problem was, as other reviewers mentioned, the failure of the script in portraying the main character as a person with, motivation, feelings, values, substance. The story is told from her perspective but we learn nothing about her, thus making her actions and the whole story confusing and meaningless from a psychological standpoint. As the story moves forward, we get more and more confused about what she is doing and mainly "why". I don't have a problem with psychologically ambiguous characters unless their ambiguity has a psychological background.
According to the writer - director, this was a movie about the true crime fans and their obsession with violence. But is this character a real representative of this type of people?
In any case this movie was a breathe of fresh air, especially with tons of mediocre thrillers coming out every week. The soundtrack, cinematography, acting was A-Grade.
My main problem was, as other reviewers mentioned, the failure of the script in portraying the main character as a person with, motivation, feelings, values, substance. The story is told from her perspective but we learn nothing about her, thus making her actions and the whole story confusing and meaningless from a psychological standpoint. As the story moves forward, we get more and more confused about what she is doing and mainly "why". I don't have a problem with psychologically ambiguous characters unless their ambiguity has a psychological background.
According to the writer - director, this was a movie about the true crime fans and their obsession with violence. But is this character a real representative of this type of people?
In any case this movie was a breathe of fresh air, especially with tons of mediocre thrillers coming out every week. The soundtrack, cinematography, acting was A-Grade.