I watched this as I do like courtroom dramas and it had a shorter run time the most movies -- but there were so many holes left in the script, and there was certainly enough time in the film left over, to fill in, to bring more satisfaction, closure.
It did keep me interested, but I felt kind of used, manipulated by the end of the movie. There was a lot of trickery in Keanu's VO narratives, clearly needed to pull it off, but it bothered me... it just wasn't smart enough. But perhaps feeling manipulated was part of the idea because everybody was manipulated in the movie.
I think this movie wanted to have a big wow of a twist, like Sixth Sense... "I see dead people" but they didn't totally pull it off. I knew way too early in the film something was up, Keanu was the surprise factor.
Keanu felt very bland and boring. Gugu is always worth the watch, and wish there had been more of her arc in the movie. Renee was unlikable, which I think was the point, but still... she does look painfully strange. It just made it hard to watch her.
I thought there were too many flashbacks especially the one at the end with Boone, too many seeds are planted that do not get reaped at all.. and that bothered me, and it's where I felt the script fell short in the telling of the story. The wicked witch of the west, in the movie, is the only one who's life is not ruined...
It did keep me interested, but I felt kind of used, manipulated by the end of the movie. There was a lot of trickery in Keanu's VO narratives, clearly needed to pull it off, but it bothered me... it just wasn't smart enough. But perhaps feeling manipulated was part of the idea because everybody was manipulated in the movie.
I think this movie wanted to have a big wow of a twist, like Sixth Sense... "I see dead people" but they didn't totally pull it off. I knew way too early in the film something was up, Keanu was the surprise factor.
Keanu felt very bland and boring. Gugu is always worth the watch, and wish there had been more of her arc in the movie. Renee was unlikable, which I think was the point, but still... she does look painfully strange. It just made it hard to watch her.
I thought there were too many flashbacks especially the one at the end with Boone, too many seeds are planted that do not get reaped at all.. and that bothered me, and it's where I felt the script fell short in the telling of the story. The wicked witch of the west, in the movie, is the only one who's life is not ruined...