Darren White

It felt lacking, like it was striving for something deeper that it could quite reach, until the 3rd act when the thematic, emotional & plot elements climaxed together into a simultaneous aesthetic resolution, and that's a very difficult thing to achieve. Great acting & cinematography. It is slightly flawed but only because its ambitions are huge. Pacing however is not one of those flaws. Maybe a 1st act tonally at odds with the rest of the film is? But that just makes it's 3 acts unique from each other. It felt like it wanted to be Solaris, 2001 or even Interstellar, but ended up being its own wonderful, hopeful thing. That's a very difficult thing to acheive but very human.

Who'd have thought that a film that screams 'Every Man Is A Potential Rapist' could be so heart-warming and satisfying. It holds back from the blood fest it could have been, and portrays an inability to move on, to forgive yourself and to forgive others as a superpower. Hating someone from afar so intensely is ultimately shown to be self destructive, like taking poison yourself and expecting the other person to die. The main character seems to have realized this. Seems to have moved on, to accept love and a normal life, but she is never destined for that, and a suddenly remembered piece of conclusive evidence, from a person who has spent years firmly on the fence, despite owning conclusive proof, drags her back into her personal hell. It never quite soars, and the ending is so contrived that it shatters your suspension of disbelief, but quite literally out of the ashes, comes both a revenge and a release, scored to the perfect song, that leaves you utterly satisfied. Just don't pay too much attention to the overt symbolism used in an overly heavy handed way throughout the film, and certainly don't feel guilt at being being aroused by the film's titillation that is there to show you how much you're not a nice guy.

Funny, poignant & devastating.