Diagonaldi Very well executed

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Tacticalin An absolute waste of money

Micah Lloyd Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Pied-Pfeffer This movie is a classic example of "whodunnit" where a few red herrings are included and the mystery isn't resolved until the end. I enjoy this kind of movie, including this one.The challenge is that there are at least 15 key characters to the story. Some are never seen but mentioned. A few are shown in flashbacks as well as present day. Their jobs and relationships are key to the story. It doesn't take long for it to become confusing.I enjoyed the film enough to view it a second time with pauses in order to take notes and then refer back to them. The plot, acting and pace are solid. It's the script and/or amount of allotted that prevents it from being a really good movie.

TedMichaelMor One reviewer described this movie as graceful. It is graceful. This interpretation by Darlene Young of Mr. Cook's novel provides a core that director Andrew Mondsheim turns into an elegantly elegiac narrative. Editing by Bernadette Kelly of Philip Linzey's imaginative cinematography recalls her work on "Dead Ringers" and "Naked Lunch". Ed Hana's production design is subtle and finely nuanced. I particularly like the iconography in the courtroom scenes. The set design there and elsewhere by Megan Less is like her work in other good movies including "The Virgin Suicides". I like the scenes in the dinner. I love the edit to someone cutting hair in a barbershop after a reference that someone the protagonist wants to interview cuts hair. I thought that a lovely and small touch. It made me think of Goddard.Casting impresses me. Mr. Strahairn and Ms. McDonnell perform well together. I like baker-9's thoughtful review of this movie and his observations about the acting. I am a fan of Ms. McDonnell, however. I think she is compelling in her portrayal here. Mr. Strahairn does quietly give a sense of depth to his characters. All the actors convinced me as part of the narrative.The overall film design, with some use of filters in retrospective scenes works—without being distractingly stylized.I agree with reviewer skeckie that this is an almost flawless film narrative. The score stresses the narrative perfectly even though I am one who likes scores that—well work in a different way. In a way, the film recalls in its own way themes from films by Alain Resnais. I understand why someone might find this movie derivative, slow, and repetitive, I do not respond to it that way. I very much enjoyed this lovely little movie. I find it tender and thoughtful.This is at least as good as many BBC mystery films. Savour it.

Mickey Knox How come this movie has such a big rating??? I have no idea. It's a really weak and boring crime movie, actually the worst one i've seen. The characters are poorly built, the action isn't convincing enough, and the acting is very very bad. My advice: don't watch this unless you have to.

Marie-7 I just happened to turn this on and was very pleasantly surprised. The actors were understated if anything and the plot was very interesting. I came up with several solutions before the ending revealed I was so very wrong. Even Mary McC's accent wasn't too bad. Recommend it highly.