Firstly some people seem to have watched different versions of this movie. The one I watched had subtitles for the French translation. I speak a bit of French but by now means am I fluent. If I had watched a version without French translation subtitles I would have understood a fair bit of what was said between characters. Not all. It would have been a very different experience without full subtitled translation. I have thought long and hard as to whether I would have enjoyed it more without subtitles. I can visual in my head how would how different it would have been. Then again in the subtitled version I had to work backwards in my mind DURING watching anyway. I will give no spoilers.
After the first scenes the intentetion of characters was blocked in my head to my prediction of the rest of the plot. What a load of low budget rubbish I thought and I considered turning it off as obviously scripted twists glaring at you. It very, VERY quickly multiplied and made me baffled as to the intention of characters in the script. Who and why characters were acting as they were?Everybody in the movie raised suspicions and possible good nature. Sometimes simultaneously!
I have watched a lot of movies. I also have watched a lot of horror movies. A lot of thriller movies. Sometimes films that were both a horror and thriller. After viewing this I am still unsure which of those categories to place this. Which, for me, is a sign of a very well scripted, directed and acted it was. The film is laced with Macguffins. But I had to think back to the film and in which order they occurred. And whether events that I thought were MacGuffins?
As the film comes to a conclusion there was too much initially to think back whether a characters actions were correct, considering the ending , or not. I will be open and say I dont know whether some events in the movie were brilliantly actually fitting in to the revealed ending or poorly written, direction and acting. I sway towards the thought of it being put together brilliantly.
The ending seemed quite obvious towards the end. A movie DOES have to end! And for me it also still questioned and left no explanation for the actions and intent of MORE than one character one of which was so open from the first scene and gave no explanation so when the film gave an ending it made you think back to questions you first raised in my mind.
In conclusion though I have watched it with French subtitles it would be interesting to watch it again, with my limited French language grasp, without. I may not need too. Because the switch between actors speaking French or English and the character who cannot raised the questions anyway.
I can see why some people disliked this film. A lot say it was too slow. For me it was a rollercoaster. I WILL watch it again. I will let it swish around my brain for a bit and I am quite sure I will see a different film full of questions (answered?) on second viewing. And third viewing.....???
I would recommend anyone watching this. It may intrigue you from first scene. It may not. If so you could try giving it a little longer before hitting the stop button. If it does not pull you in after twenty minutes or so say it is not for you.
Writing this review has been hard as different plot (devices?) events keeping popping in my head.
I enjoyed it immensely even when the ending is revealed because you may as I did think 'HANG ON A MINUTE. QUESTIONS UNANSWERED! OR WERE THEY? I NEED TO THINK BACK! AND WERE SOME EVENTS UNEXPLAINED OR I DID I MISS IT?' And so on.........
Hopefully you will enjoy the experience as much as I did. I will take no blame for anyone reading this and does watch and has their brain baffled as much as it did mine!
After the first scenes the intentetion of characters was blocked in my head to my prediction of the rest of the plot. What a load of low budget rubbish I thought and I considered turning it off as obviously scripted twists glaring at you. It very, VERY quickly multiplied and made me baffled as to the intention of characters in the script. Who and why characters were acting as they were?Everybody in the movie raised suspicions and possible good nature. Sometimes simultaneously!
I have watched a lot of movies. I also have watched a lot of horror movies. A lot of thriller movies. Sometimes films that were both a horror and thriller. After viewing this I am still unsure which of those categories to place this. Which, for me, is a sign of a very well scripted, directed and acted it was. The film is laced with Macguffins. But I had to think back to the film and in which order they occurred. And whether events that I thought were MacGuffins?
As the film comes to a conclusion there was too much initially to think back whether a characters actions were correct, considering the ending , or not. I will be open and say I dont know whether some events in the movie were brilliantly actually fitting in to the revealed ending or poorly written, direction and acting. I sway towards the thought of it being put together brilliantly.
The ending seemed quite obvious towards the end. A movie DOES have to end! And for me it also still questioned and left no explanation for the actions and intent of MORE than one character one of which was so open from the first scene and gave no explanation so when the film gave an ending it made you think back to questions you first raised in my mind.
In conclusion though I have watched it with French subtitles it would be interesting to watch it again, with my limited French language grasp, without. I may not need too. Because the switch between actors speaking French or English and the character who cannot raised the questions anyway.
I can see why some people disliked this film. A lot say it was too slow. For me it was a rollercoaster. I WILL watch it again. I will let it swish around my brain for a bit and I am quite sure I will see a different film full of questions (answered?) on second viewing. And third viewing.....???
I would recommend anyone watching this. It may intrigue you from first scene. It may not. If so you could try giving it a little longer before hitting the stop button. If it does not pull you in after twenty minutes or so say it is not for you.
Writing this review has been hard as different plot (devices?) events keeping popping in my head.
I enjoyed it immensely even when the ending is revealed because you may as I did think 'HANG ON A MINUTE. QUESTIONS UNANSWERED! OR WERE THEY? I NEED TO THINK BACK! AND WERE SOME EVENTS UNEXPLAINED OR I DID I MISS IT?' And so on.........
Hopefully you will enjoy the experience as much as I did. I will take no blame for anyone reading this and does watch and has their brain baffled as much as it did mine!