Linbeymusol Wonderful character development!

Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

aliases-53334 This film makes you feel like you have a large glass of wine with two drops of coke. That is, the exterior makes you expect a red Merlo, but then you get Pepsi Max. The atmosphere, canera angles, music and actors are all top notch. It is a bit weird and mysterious. You look forward to see how this story unfolds. But then, an empty balloon. While the idea is very entruiging, the character of Jenny is not evolved enough to understand its abnormal social behaviour and motives to the things she did, and there is not enough background to supply reasoning for that. Another confussion lies in the misrepresentation of the desciption, as a thriller. This is not a thriller but a drama in disguise. Not even decent at that. An overall dissapointment.

smoke0 This film is a drama, not so much a mystery, and it has an actual storyline, with characters who can grow and learn while dealing with life-changing decisions.It is not boring, unless the viewer needs either a lot of exposition or explosions. Without going into spoilers, I can say that there are some seemingly implausible aspects, but nothing in the film is actually impossible to believe.As already stated, the characters grow and change, and deal with decisions that will impact their lives, and I was pleasantly surprised with the ending, as it was unexpectedly uplifting.

Ian (Flash Review)Ever try to be someone you aren't? Like telling a stranger you are a former professional athlete or doctor or specialized scientist? How long could you stretch the truth and make up stories on the fly? That is the crux of the protagonist as she wrestles with the constant need for change vs hanging on to certain things and people from her true life. The film is basically a dialog driven character study as the story just follows her as she connects with the one person from her real life with no typical plot objectives. An interesting concept yet it felt a bit uneven at times.

JvH48 Saw this at the Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF) in 2016. After all, the story developed much better than expected. Initially, after half an hour running time, I was asking myself whether the story was going anywhere. Birthday parties can be watched in many different movies, and it seemed to be the center stage of this story. After having done with all the "How are you?? OK" exchanges, something should happen there, a turning point after which the story was expected to take off. Some extra patience was needed, however.It all went in a completely different direction after another 10 minutes. I must say that it went very well from that moment on, thought provoking even. How tempted one can be to break completely with the past, assuming a different identity, leaving all family members and friends behind without telling them about your whereabouts, even not telling them that you still live. And Alice has done just that several times, and she was prepared to repeat it at this very moment.That being said, the ending did not satisfy me completely. It left me with many questions about practical things, like passports and credit cards, and how to earn a living without a solid background and without a proved education. But maybe I'm nitpicking now on details. The main idea deserves far better ratings than the ones I saw on IMDb and such. I'm glad that the IMDb User Reviews are controversial, ranging from very low to very high, proving that the movie touched a nerve and that it was not easy to let it go afterwards.Homework for the reader/viewer: Was Alice's re-connecting with Tom a cry for help, an attempt to fall back on someone she expected to really know her, independent of the many identities she assumed in the meantime?? She took some trouble to indirectly re-connect, while a direct approach could have worked too, so why this convoluted way to meet him again??All in all, good casting and acting, and the rest is mostly left as an exercise for the viewer. Would you ever have wanted to start with a proverbial clean slate?? And would you have taken for granted that you lose all friends and relatives in the process, since only a clear cut will work out as desired. Let alone the practical and down-to-earth problems, like having no verifiable CV and no proof of the schools you attended. And what about opening a bank account or applying for a credit card?? The devil is in the details with such an undertaking. Don't expect that this movie will teach you how it is done, however, as it will only leave you with open questions. Nevertheless, an interesting premise. The slow start is a negative point, as explained above, and it will drive away many home viewers who don't want to wait 40 minutes for a clear plot to emerge.