Was it just me or nothing happens?
It is described as a thriller yet there is nothing of the sort. Nothing happens in this movie at all.
shareSlow burn drama that could have been done in half an hour.
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Not a Thriller... It's a drama...
I wouldn't say nothing happens... It's a movie about a man trying to create the family he never had and make a name for himself and a legacy, but in the end he is broken by circumstance, by his overreaching and by his self-centred wife...
Icarus?
It does have subtext and yes, I too noticed that he is aspiring to be more than he is and his wife pulls him down.
shareI think the Wife was on the Verge of Divorce and having some mental issues, he didn't need help spiraling, he was well on his way. I did enjoy his visit with his mother, she was my favorite character.
shareI was intrigued by how he possibly engineered a photo without his stepdaughter in it? Or at least he was opportunistic about it. I thought maybe that was going to turn into something, but it never did. What was he planning to do if she did come to visit, try to get his stepdaughter to go spend the day with friends?
shareThe photo without the stepdaughter was not engineered. It was just the first photo that happened to be taken by the taxi driver while the stepdaughter was still in the house. He chose to show that photo to his mother because he did not want to disclose that he has married a woman who already had a daughter from a previous relationship.
Like everything else, he lied to his mother without regard to the consequences. Eventually, all the lies would be exposed. When the truth starts coming out in the cab, he got dumped on the side of the road and his false life fell apart.
really you enjoyed the mother? I thought it was clear the mother was a selfish mon-ster who was not only NOT interested in her son, but her young grandkids or his wife. She hasn't seen them in 10 years? wow. And doesn't even want to pretend to want to. No wonder he wasn't a great father.
shareThe mother was pissed because he had been denying her existence for many years but cause he was ashamed of her low social class.
shareIt was my impression that Rory was only telling the mother about his marriage and 10-year-old son for the first time, without disclosing that there was a stepdaughter from his wife's prior relationship. The mother was not being selfish. She was understandably upset that Rory had not bothered to contact her for 10 years (not invited to wedding or birth of grandson). It appears that Rory has a brother and he obviously had no idea what was going on with his brother over the years.
shareI think the wife was blameless. Her breakdown was caused directly by his lies and ambitions.
shareA few things happen right near the end, but it is definitely a very strangely structured film. I actually liked it more than I had any business doing, just because the performances and individual scenes were strong even if it doesn’t add up to anything earthshaking. 6/10
shareYou are absolutely right. There is no "thrill" except a husband spending all of a family's money on his manic dreams to be a big shot, and the family trying to deal with it, each in their own way. I was also disappointed with the lack of events.
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