Too predictive

" Angel of DEBT "




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Nessarose:What's in the punch?
Boq:Lemons and melons and pears
Nessarose:Oh my!
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Very poorly executed yes. Much like the rest of the film in general.

I think the OP meant the story was "predictable" and I agree. In fact, I suspected Diondra being involved in the murders as soon as she was mentioned to be Ben's girlfriend - in other words, even before I see the character. She was sort of an extraneous character and some people did not even know about her, and she disappeared completely after the murders. So according to Roger Ebert's rule, she was very likely the villain. Ben was likely to be innocent or otherwise the whole movie would be rather pointless, but he admitted to the murders and so he must have been protecting someone. When it was revealed that Diondra was pregnant, the rest of the story practically wrote itself.

I admit that I did not predict the "Angel of Death" Part, and since Diondra was not Hit-Girl, I spent most of the time wondering how she could have killed three people at the same time.

For a while, I also thought of the possibility that Lyle (the guy from the Club) might in fact be Diondra's son since his age was about right.

I watched the film after reading the book, so I already knew everything that was gonna happen and didn't really think of what was predictable or not.. But I do get what you mean.. The way the characters are introduced, or the way the angel crime is mentioned.. Like in the book, they mention that crime and many others, so you really don't think much about it, not to mention that is really early on in a 400 pages book.. I had completely forgotten about it when they brought it up again.

The Diondra thing.. I was in shock when I discovered that in the book.. It was not predictable at all, and I basically suspected anyone but her.. I even thought the possibility that Ben was the actual killer and killed diondra was more likely than that haha, so I guess in the movie it was just poorly executed.. In the book you meet diondra in the flashbacks, and she's just a regular popular girl.. She doesn't seem diabolical at all at first.. Wish they had done that better because it's a great mystery story.

I completely agree with the OP. I didn't suspect the girfriend being involved, but as soon as the "angel of debt " killer was mentioned I suspected that the mom planned her own murder. There were many not-so-subtle hints throughout the movie, and the mom's demeneor and the surrounding circumstances all but gave it away (for me at least).

What did it predict? Must be psychic

hahaha that's too funny - you "predicted" something and can't even get what you think you predicted right.

Not to mention what the real twist was - it wasn't that angel.

I didn't even think about anything related to him. But the instant I saw you know who (girl), I knew she was going to be involved and my other theory, which I think I had before then, was the second part of what really happened. So of the two things that happened, I was guessing each one, but just didn't guess both were going to be true.

But how stupid the meta score or w/e is in the 30s. I mean seriously, whoever these critics are must be really dumb if you look at what movies get in the 40s and 50s that are so much worse than this movie. I gave this a 7, but I can see why some give it a 6. Anything below a 6 or above a 7 I can't really comprehend anyone rating it, though.

Also, what's weird is on amazon prime it's rated 4 stars. I see so many movies rated 4 stars on there and Netflix that I watch only to find out they are rated like crap on IMDB. Also, directv rated some mighty high that aren't well received, as well.