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Good but could've been better.


The idea behind this movie was good and honestly JA gave her all and is by far her best performance. I say her acting deserved an Oscar Nomination, however it didn't because the overall film is very muddled and badly executed. It felt like they were trying to add a lot if elements and the side elements like her relationship with the maid was much more effective than that of her hallucinations of the dead girl.

I'd like to see Jen in more of these serious roles because she can obviously pull them off.

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Agreed.
I quite like the movie, JA in this movie, and especially Adriana Barraza.

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I agree. Just finished watching and I felt like it was lacking some depth and closure. It kind of drug on and was slow and boring in more bits than not.

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