Amnesia! The writer's best friend comes
back to haunt Nicole Kidman in her newest thriller. While the premise
has been done before, I still found the film engaging and an overall
success.
Kidman plays Christine, a woman who
every day wakes up with no memory of the last twenty years due to an
accident. Her husband Ben, played by Colin Firth, is conflicted and
struggling to cope with her condition, reminding her daily about who
she is.
But when a doctor calls her and
instructs her to find a camera he had her use to keep a video diary
to help reconstruct her memory things aren't all that they seem.
The film had me interested immediately
with its small cast, Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth and Mark Strong (as
Doctor Nash) there is something appealing about film's that focus so
intently on characters, especially with thrillers.
It is also extremely hard to talk about
this film and not spoil anything. Consider that your warning.
Sufficed to say I enjoyed it a great deal.
The meat of the film comes directly
from Colin Firth's character Ben. Initially the audience is extremely
skeptical of his character, considering we are as in the dark as
Kidman's character is and Ben is clearly holding things back during
the first act.
However, the story twists and pulls at
your expectations just enough to change even my cynical mind at
times, Firth's performance is very engaging and creates a complex
character and probably makes the film. If this wasn't as strong, it would have been terribly transparent. Kidman and Strong also work very well together, making a
lot of the clue drops and investigation scenes compelling.
It is a little forgettable, excuse the
pun, but only because of the amnesia storyline and perhaps being
somewhat predictable. But the lengths it goes to to convince
you otherwise and throw you off the scent of what may or may not be
happening is to be commended!
I enjoyed it, a classic thriller drama
that kept me guessing in all the right ways and revealing new
information in tantalizingly slow doses.
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