Complete Unknown (2016) User Reviews (53)

A Great Idea Not Fully Developed

[Moviegoer19 · 6/10 · 2 July 2017]

I watched this movie because I've often thought about how great it would be to keep switching lives the way "Alice" did in this film. Despite a beautiful performance by Rachel Weisz,I felt that the script and therefore the film, was limited. It seems like the kind of film in which the book, if there is one, would be much better.

The film made it seem as if Alice's changes were all about moving from job to job and location to location. It reminded me of when people say "Don't define me by what I do for a living" because that's what Alice appeared to do. She was a singer, a biologist, a teacher, an artist, etc.

What was not touched upon was her relationships. At one point Tom asks her if she had been married; she says no. I would have asked "Did you have any relationships?" suspecting the answer might be yes, but none lasting. The message came across that yes it's exciting, romantic and adventurous to keep on moving and changing one's home and one's job, but it's doable only by being completely selfish and beholden to no one. In just about all Alice's actions, including at the party, she seemed to not care at all about anyone but herself. Perhaps that's the only way one can live such a self-oriented life... unless you happen to have a partner who is just like you and lives life as your carbon copy.

90 minutes to nowhere

[ss124-661-382111 · 5/10 · 17 December 2020]

Completely implausible. A waste of at least 5 excellent actors. "Catch me if you can" for the feminists. At least Kathy Bates got to rest on the horizontal for ten minutes. I guess the director needed to fill some time because it's a rule that movies can't be less than 90 minutes.

Strange but not boring

[fiona_r_lamb · 5/10 · 20 September 2018]

In the space of two days I've unintentionally seen two movies with Rachel Weisz, My Cousin Rachel and this. Complete Unknown held my interest because I did not know where it was going and because it's unlike anything I've ever seen before.

The ending did not satisfy me. She goes, fades into the crowd then turns around and walks back???

And the logistics of engineering such a life - or lives - kept interrupting my train of thought.

But I really wanted to know WHY? Why did she leave everything in the first place and why is she now coming back? She looked so sad so I kept wondering if she was dying or something.

Such a peculiar movie.

Don't believe the bad reviews

[smoke0 · 11 September 2017]

This film is a drama, not so much a mystery, and it has an actual storyline, with characters who can grow and learn while dealing with life-changing decisions.

It is not boring, unless the viewer needs either a lot of exposition or explosions. Without going into spoilers, I can say that there are some seemingly implausible aspects, but nothing in the film is actually impossible to believe.

As already stated, the characters grow and change, and deal with decisions that will impact their lives, and I was pleasantly surprised with the ending, as it was unexpectedly uplifting.

Long Short Story

[drhall-672-138129 · 3/10 · 25 September 2016]

Spoiler: This female quick change character artist is intriguing but the story becomes quickly stale and boring, as The story dissolves like a snowman as the plot rambles on. Spoiler: Like a bird in flight never landing. The story plot offers a talented person, who returns to earlier romance, fifteen years after walking away. Then, finding no (surprise) warm enchanted welcome from her previous significant other, leaves again. The conclusion comes as the girl prepares to leave after wallowing around explaining her past and revealing her present living and working situation.

Really? This would make a terrific short story, a quick character study then again, who cares?

Rachel Weisz shines and makes this worth watching

[paul-allaer · 7/10 · 9 September 2016]

"Complete Unknown" (2016 release; 92 min.) brings the story of Alice (played by Rachel Weisz). In the pre-credit opening montage, we see her in a number of completely different settings (emergency room nurse, magician's assistant, pianist, etc.) Who is this person? After the opening credits, we get to know Alice, now a biologist in New York. She takes an interest in a guy at the cafeteria, and it's not long before they befriend. One evening they go to a dinner party to celebrate the birthday of her friend's co-worker (played by Michael Shannon). Shockingly, the co-worker recognizes from a prior life, 15 years ago, and confronts her. Why did she vanish without a trace all those years ago? Why did she come back? To tell you more would spoil your viewing experience, you'll just have to see for yourself how it all plays out.

Couple of comments: this is the latest movie from writer-director Josh Marston. Here he tackles a potentially intriguing promise: a woman seemingly drops off the face of the earth 15 years ago, and then returns, all the while spinning tales (are they true? or made up?) about her exploits in Australia, China, Mexico, and so on. The first half hour of the movie is the best, as at that point we are barely understanding what is going on, keeping us hungry to understand the full picture (is Alice battling multiple-personalities disorder? is she a con-artist? a femme fatale? delusional? all of those?). As that full picture emerges, regrettably (but perhaps unavoidably) the mystery is lifted and the movie loses some of its appeal (but not interest). Rachel Weisz absolutely shines in the lead role, and to see her in all these different settings is a true delight. Michael Shannon at times seems to struggle to keep up with Weisz on the screen. Kathy Bates and Danny Glover play an elder couple (one long scene, maybe 10 min. of screen time). The movie flew by in no time, but I also have to be honest: the ending baffled me, and not in the best way. Last but not least, there is a wonderful score, courtesy of Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurrians.

The movie premiered at the Sundance festival earlier this year and was snapped up by Amazon Studios, yes, this is yet another movie release from Amazon, The movie finally opened this weekend at my local art-house theater here in Cincinnati and I couldn't wait to see it. The early Friday evening screening where I saw this at was attended nicely, but by no means anywhere near a sell-out. If you are interested in a character and relationship drama that seems it could go in many different directions, and stars the lovely and talented Rachel Weisz, I'd suggest you check out "Complete Unknown", be it in the theater, on VOD, or eventually on VDV/Blu-ray, and give it a try.

Why just why did I waste my time with this??

[pmaheadquarters · 1/10 · 4 August 2017]

I watched this movie because it billed itself as a "mystery". The only mystery is how anyone could find it entertaining. It was about as enticing as a toenail clipping. I agree with other reviews in that this movie featured very bland and self absorbed characters, not the least of which was the female lead. Also, talk about implausible. The woman doesn't look much over thirty yet she has had all these jobs and experiences, many of which would take years of schooling. Sad and pathetic and yes infuriatingly stupid.

Semi-Rewarding "Stage Play" with More Head than Heart

[LeonLouisRicci · 7/10 · 27 October 2016]

Not Everyone is in Close Proximity to Professional or Semi-Professional "Theatre", this one has "Off-Broadway" Written all over it, therefore the Movies can Offer Audiences want to Experience that sort of Thing, at least "Two Dimensionally".

This Film Looks, Talks, and Plays Out like a Stage Play. Early Television had things like "Playhouse 90" and this Story and Production would Fit Nicely in that Format. The Writing is Sharp, Ambiguous, Mysterious, Attracting, and sometimes even Profound.

The Acting is Uniform and the Two Leads (Rachel Weisz, Michael Shannon) do Their Best Weaving In and Out of the Complicated Scenario. It's one of those that if You Pay Attention, can Draw You into its Maze as the Twists and Turns will Hopefully Lead to a Reward.

Reaching the End of the Puzzle that is "Alice" is Semi-Rewarding and the Jigsaw like Journey does Unveil slightly Disturbing Behavior and is Meant to Question Commitment vs Freedom.

But Life's Important Decisions are so Multi-Layered and Complex that the Easy Answer of just "Moving On" every Year or so is Hardly the Solution to a Varied and Fulfilling Life.

This is Obviously Reflected on "Alice's" Face and Demeanor as She Relates Her Biography and after Her "Confessions/Revelations", She is right Back Where She Started, just like a Rat/Robot going through the Maze Again and Again with Little or No Lasting Reward for Her Efforts.

This is for a Limited Audience, certainly Not for Everyone, but Recommended for those that like Their Movies with More Head than Heart.

Art House Mumblecore at its best

[MongoLloyd · 1/10 · 27 September 2016]

Why this vapid material needed a-list acting talent I'll never know but good on the director for getting to work with Shannon and Weisz who were utterly wasted on this meaningless and pointless film story. Starts out pretty vague and meandering and then gels into something you can understand, but then the 3rd act is just more vague, unformed nonsense with no resolution to speak of. I suppose when you have the best of the best as your leads, you can get away with weak material but this film lacked a "persuasive theory," which seems to be a trend as of late with films that either try too hard (and fail) to depict an underlying theme, and films that don't even bother, leaving an audience to fill in the gaps and conjure up their own meaning for the film.

Interesting premise, thought provoking on practical issues. It makes you think what your "identity" really entails, when you can get rid of it and trade for a new one

[JvH48 · 7/10 · 27 February 2017]

Saw this at the Leiden International Film Festival (LIFF) in 2016. After all, the story developed much better than expected. Initially, after half an hour running time, I was asking myself whether the story was going anywhere. Birthday parties can be watched in many different movies, and it seemed to be the center stage of this story. After having done with all the "How are you?? OK" exchanges, something should happen there, a turning point after which the story was expected to take off. Some extra patience was needed, however.

It all went in a completely different direction after another 10 minutes. I must say that it went very well from that moment on, thought provoking even. How tempted one can be to break completely with the past, assuming a different identity, leaving all family members and friends behind without telling them about your whereabouts, even not telling them that you still live. And Alice has done just that several times, and she was prepared to repeat it at this very moment.

That being said, the ending did not satisfy me completely. It left me with many questions about practical things, like passports and credit cards, and how to earn a living without a solid background and without a proved education. But maybe I'm nitpicking now on details. The main idea deserves far better ratings than the ones I saw on IMDb and such. I'm glad that the IMDb User Reviews are controversial, ranging from very low to very high, proving that the movie touched a nerve and that it was not easy to let it go afterwards.

Homework for the reader/viewer: Was Alice's re-connecting with Tom a cry for help, an attempt to fall back on someone she expected to really know her, independent of the many identities she assumed in the meantime?? She took some trouble to indirectly re-connect, while a direct approach could have worked too, so why this convoluted way to meet him again??

All in all, good casting and acting, and the rest is mostly left as an exercise for the viewer. Would you ever have wanted to start with a proverbial clean slate?? And would you have taken for granted that you lose all friends and relatives in the process, since only a clear cut will work out as desired. Let alone the practical and down-to-earth problems, like having no verifiable CV and no proof of the schools you attended. And what about opening a bank account or applying for a credit card?? The devil is in the details with such an undertaking. Don't expect that this movie will teach you how it is done, however, as it will only leave you with open questions. Nevertheless, an interesting premise. The slow start is a negative point, as explained above, and it will drive away many home viewers who don't want to wait 40 minutes for a clear plot to emerge.

An example of disappointment.....Poorly written screenplay and weak story line will be bore you a lot

[fillerruth · 3/10 · 25 August 2016]

Rachel Weisz is one of the most talented English actresses and Michael Shannon is one of the most underrated but very good actors. When these two comes together as co-star, I thought this will be a very good drama movie. The trailer and the premises are and thought this will be another Rachel Weisz classic like "The Constant Gardener", "The Fountain", "Agora", and "The Lobster". This is not a typical storyline and I am not telling this is not a good movie but if you saw the previous drama movie of Rachel Weisz, this is definitely a poor film.

I know Joshua Marston is a good director for drama movie and he directed some good TV drama. But this movie is a complete mismatch of the story and the telling style. The screenplay was very poorly written and the story has also plot holes. This is a drama movie and the pace is almost nothing. The whole plot was rounding one specific character(I am not telling the storyline or not giving any spoiler), the dialogues are very choppy and widely not presentative for a slow paced drama movie. CHaracer development is very sluggish and it is completely understood that the lazy screenplay also harmed the character's maturity.

Joshua Marston's direction is not so bad but he didn't find the right combination for the character's chemistry and the movie completely failed to create the sympathy or the emotions for the characters. Editing is not so good and the cast has not done a good job for their roles except Rachel Weisz. She is the one and only plus point of this movie. She has done an outstanding job for the role of Alice Manning. She has a perfect emotion and her dialogue delivery was very good and maybe she is the perfect choice for the role.

Overall I gave it 3 stars only for Rachel Weisz and if the screenplay, script, and the chemistry between the characters did good then the movie would be a good example.

You are what you pretend to be

[tomsview · 8/10 · 9 July 2017]

Maybe I was in the mood for it, but I found this little movie intriguing. It's certainly different. I didn't read anything too profound into it; I just think it was an interesting story beautifully played.

It seems to have bored some people stiff and the critical response according to Wikipedia was mixed to negative - I guess they weren't in the mood for it.

Alice (Rachel Weisz), a woman who disappeared years before, returns and meets her old boyfriend Tom (Michael Shannon). We learn that she has changed identities and occupations many times, acquiring new skills and friends, only to suddenly leave them all behind to adopt a totally new identity.

This sort of thing usually has sinister undertones often involving serial killers and people held captive in cellars, but here there is nothing evil at all, only feelings of sadness for a lost relationship and Tom's sense of purposelessness in his life.

There are a few more layers to it, and Alice's self indulgent philosophy is questioned.

There is one telling sequence when Alice and Tom help an older couple played by Danny Glover and Kathy Bates. Tom is invited into Alice's world of identity changing almost like in theatre sports where the players are given a character and then have to improvise like crazy; it unlocks something repressed in Tom.

As Alice's story unfolds I thought of that line in Kurt Vonnegut's "Mother Night" - "You must be careful what you pretend to be, because in the end you are what you pretend to be".

The film has a seductive mood aided by an atmospheric score and doesn't outstay its welcome. I won't spoil the ending, but it felt right.

I'm glad I didn't read the critics first - "Complete Unknown" was a complete surprise.

A woman from a man's past, long since a memory but not forgotten, returns after 15 years and so begins the questioning of why she left and where she went?

[Amari-Sali · 7/10 · 4 October 2016]

Trigger Warning(s): Animal Carcass

Main Storyline

Alice, or Jenny (Rachel Weisz) for the last 15 years has lived around 9 different lives. All stemming from this desire to not be pinned down, trapped, and unable to free yourself from life's pitfalls of monotony. Yet there seems to be one person she can't shake as she travels the world and changes who she is in each place. That man is Tom (Michael Shannon). A man she once liked, who seemed like he could be some form of escape. Yet, he couldn't give her what she wanted and combined with a slew of other issues, not he isn't the main reason, she left.

Now she has come back into his life and there is some desire for him to understand. Though who knows if he may be able? Much less willing. For while he has long moved on, confronting this ghost of his past isn't easy.

Highlights

There is something ever so peculiar about Weisz and the movies she chooses to participate in. To me, she is perhaps the main draw and Shannon benefits from being in her presence, trying to follow her lead, and even emulate her character's ability to be a chameleon. For it is with this you see a quiet confidence as Alice, or Jenny, sort of cons people. If not embellishes on what she already has and knows, and adapts them to fit a whim until she has settled into an acceptable character.

Which, to me, was something I craved more of. We are told she had 9 different lives over the course of 15 years and so badly I wanted to see more of each. If only because the current one Alice seems so dull in comparison to the one who was a magician's assistant in China, the one who was Consuela living with a stranger in central America, and the slew of others. Mind you, this isn't to say Alice is dull period, but it is just hearing about these various lives Jenny lived makes you wish you got a taste of them all.

Low Points

It is sort of weird, or perhaps difficult, to have a character like Jenny be introduced, after we meet Tom's friends and wife, and with her introduction comes a whole new story they are not a part of. To explain better, Jenny is reintroduced to Tom through a mutual friend Clyde (Michael Chernus). Clyde brings Jenny, then Alice, to Tom's birthday party in which, the day of, Tom learns his wife Ramina (Azita Ghanizada) is getting a two-year opportunity to really learn how to design jewelry and launch her own line in California. Tom has a life and job in New York which, while unfulfilling, he doesn't want to simply abandon. Yet, to accommodate Jenny becoming the main focus, and get reasserted as the female lead, all the issues regarding whether or not Tom may move to California or have Ramina go by herself, much less how he may handle things with Clyde and their work, go unresolved. Leaving you to wonder why weren't all these characters cut and Alice didn't just appear directly to Tom? He could have still brought up his indecision, but we wouldn't be left introduced to all these lives without any sort of resolution.

Hence why I'm rather on the fence about this movie. I adore what Shannon, and especially Weisz, and their characters, bring to the movie, but it just seemed like Tom's big decision could have been crafted better. Be it the movie downsizing the cast and making his wife and friends just talked about, placing more focus on Jenny's life and where Tom could fit into it in the future, or maybe other options? Either way, while enjoyable, and another oddly formed gem of Weisz, it isn't something you must see. Though I do feel you would be rather entertained by it.

Gone Girl Redux

[lavatch · 1/10 · 11 July 2017]

The producers of "Complete Unknown" may have envisaged a profound existential drama about human identity. But unwittingly, the film lapses into comedy with the preposterous character played by Rachel Weisz.

It is difficult to associate the main character with a single name because she is constantly changing it. She was originally known to Tom as "Jennie" (or Jennifer). But suddenly, she left home, leaving her parents in a state of shock that eventually led to the death of her father.

While in Mexico, Jennie became "Consuela." She went to China and became a magician's assistant named "Mae." In South Africa, she became "Vanessa." Later, she became "Sasha." She was "Constance," who traveled along the Amazon in the rain forest with a group of botanists. She was "Paige," who worked in a hospital in anesthesia. She traveled to Tasmania where she became "Alice." Now, she returns to "surprise" her old friend Tom on his birthday.

With the exception of Tom's wife Ramina, a talented jeweler with a promising future, the other characters in this film are not only weird, but are downright repellent. The oddest moment is when Tom leaves the bar with Alice without saying a word to Ramina. He then slavishly follows Alice around, playing along with making up false identities as doctors to assist an elderly woman who has sprained her ankle. He then asks to see her research area where the frogs croak, but he is not really interested in frogs. He wants only to see if Alice is even telling the truth.

The film offers no clues as to how Alice could change her name on passports and drivers' licenses with so many different names. Alice is clearly a nut, and this is where the scenes and lines of dialogue often turn into comedy.

In one defining moment in the film's prologue, Alice has returned to her family's home and waits for her mother to leave. There is nothing to suggest that she even wants to make contact with her mom. To put it mildly, Alice needs help. And so do audiences who have to suffer through her neurosis and so many name changes for an hour and a half.

Smart and intriguing, this film will make you think about changing your life.

[JohnDeSando · 13 September 2016]

Alice (Rachel Weisz) re-enters Tom's (Michael Shannon) life after disappearing for fifteen years. Only, she's hard to identify because of the multiple personalities she has assumed in those years. She remains the titular heroine of Complete Unknown, and she is a stranger to the end of this complicated and accomplished indie.

Don't come to this absorbing adventure seeking Walter Mitty thrills: Alice subtly changes her personal shape and doesn't burden us with cheap melodrama or even sexual romance. Rather the emphasis is on discovery: As Tom peels back the layers of her personalities and discovers her, he is drawn into discovery of himself and his own unfulfilled life. Although she is the center of the exploration, he is close behind, like all of us afraid to look inside ourselves to see the multiple possibilities for life change.

Complete Unknown exposes the yearning we may all have to live other lives. In Alice's case, she may have lived as a magician's assistant and a researcher, and more in between. But actually whatever roles she has taken, she cannot efface her core self as her return to observe her parents and see Tom again shows.

In a bizarre occurrence on the street, Tom helps a fallen old lady (Kathy Bates) by pretending to be an osteopath, rather enjoying how Alice has roped him into to assuming the new role. At this point, director Joshua Marston shifts from the mystery of Alice's identity to the mystery of who Tom is or wants to be.

He becomes the one whose identity we also speculate about. Whether or not he decides to leave his unfulfilled job to go with his wife to California for her professional study opportunity becomes just as intriguing as Alice's many lives. The film is figuratively blunt about the power of changing one's life, for good or ill.

Marston has masterfully made us question our own identities and our use of talents and pursuit of other lives than the ones we have stuck ourselves in. By extension, Complete Unknown may be a discourse on the ability of art such as movies to take us into lives heretofore unavailable to us.

Anyway, this is a film for thinking people who may want to speculate on the lives they could have and the life they have.

Just awful

[mduffy521 · 1/10 · 6 September 2016]

I won't give away any spoilers although it would be a merciful thing to do if it kept anybody from spending their good money to see this thing. Besides being unbelievably boring, the idea that Rachel Weisz (who I love)would be attracted to this character is ludicrous. There is zero chemistry between them and all you can see on the screen is Shannon's huge head (I know, this is a cheap shot but sometimes it's all I could focus on - how BIG it is). Now if they had gotten someone like Michael Fassbinder the story would have (much) more plausibility as a romantic story. If you go see this film, I promise that after 40 minutes you'll be checking your watch every 5 minutes praying it will be over very, very soon and the pain will finally stop but you will still have a long, long way to go. And good luck in figuring out what either of them actually does for a living, not that it (or this film) really matters.

Who says 'you only live twice'?

[t-dooley-69-386916 · 6/10 · 21 March 2017]

Tom played by Michael Shannon is having one of those 'crisis' moments in his life. Whilst on the surface he has all the trappings of success, under the wafer thin surface he is falling apart and losing those things that he had once used to define his very existence.

Then, at a dinner party, a work colleague brings a new 'friend', this is Alice (Rachel Weisz) and immediately Tom recognises her, only he does not remember any 'Alice'. Thus begins a night of revelations and stories at odds with normally acquired experiences. It is the story of one person who has escaped through reinvention and one who craves escape but is shackled by convention.

This is an indie type film but has a high quality production and with the cast it boasts is not short on good performances. The real strength here is the story itself and so that makes this one of those films where one viewing may be enough. That said it is still more than worth seeing even if it is just that once.

What a waste.

[IvnSoft · 2/10 · 28 January 2018]

This one is just a waste of time.

This is not a mistery, or a thriller. It is a drama, and a bad one at that. There is nothing to spoil, because there is no surprise in the movie. Some of the reviews mention a big twist or a big reveal. Im not sure if i watched the same movie, because there is no surprise. It is a flat story.

Clearly this movie was constructed basing the lead with an interesting past. However, it spends most of the time just with awkward silences, and scenes that do not make sense (i mean, they dont make sense to be put on screen).

If you took this movie, and edit out all the silences, unneeded dialogs, and useless scenes... it would last 10 minutes. Including credits.

That might be worth a watch.

A woman with many faces!

[Reno-Rangan · 7/10 · 4 December 2017]

No doubt this was wrongly labelled as an average film. The title, the story, the performances, all stood to my expectation. I jumped into it prepared for another boring film. Indeed, it was a slow narration, at least in the initial parts. That twist in the early mid sect unleashed the bright side of the tale. Not knowing what to expect, I thoroughly got entertained for the rest of the film.

It all was a day event. In fact, most of the story happened on one night. Though for a brief moment in the opening, they have shown us events from the different timelines. Just to convince us. Alice, who befriended a man while in the lunch, decides to attend a birthday party of his friend with him. But that night the things change as some secrets about her was revealed. Then event takes a different path with different adventure revealing more about about her.

Yeah, everybody saying they saw it for Shannon, but for me, Rachel Weisz the reason the film looked so good. It is one of the underrated film of the year. It was unique. Probably less familiarity compared to any film. So not easy to predict the story. The suspense made me so curious and kept my eyes wide open till the end. I would like to see the other side of the story, probably in another film/part/sequel. Seems that's a very interesting aspect. Don't consider what the film critics say, it's definitely worth a watch.

7/10

The great impostor meets eat, pray, love.

[nogodnomasters · 6/10 · 20 August 2017]

Alice (Rachel Weisz) plays "The Great Imposter" as we get snippets of her life as an ER nurse and magician's assistant which teaches her some great bar tricks. She is on her ninth life as a botanist in order to meet up with Tom, (Michael Shannon) an old friend some 15 years ago. She makes a confession to him as he struggles to understand "Eat Pray Love." Amazon took a great idea, wonderful actors, and made it boring. The character of Rachel Weisz was exciting...as read and not seen. They didn't bother to really develop her character, the main feature of the film. We learned very little of her past relationship with Tom, other than she had one. They sucked any possible humor out of the film, yet never created a feel good drama.

Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

Slow as a Turtle

[redsly · 1/10 · 18 December 2020]

Don't waste your time with this movie. It takes us into a swamp of frogs for God's sake.

unexpectedly enjoyable

[keenast · 9/10 · 24 September 2017]

After reading so many somewhat negative reviews I hesitated even watching this film - but then, it's actually a wonderful movie. Great actors and great script too. I guess what so many people don't like is that it's not a 'plot movie' - there's none of this 'overcoming obstacles' and stuff - I for one am glad! It's slow and thoughtful. Highly recommended!

Identity

[iquine · 7/10 · 6 August 2017]

(Flash Review)

Ever try to be someone you aren't? Like telling a stranger you are a former professional athlete or doctor or specialized scientist? How long could you stretch the truth and make up stories on the fly? That is the crux of the protagonist as she wrestles with the constant need for change vs hanging on to certain things and people from her true life. The film is basically a dialog driven character study as the story just follows her as she connects with the one person from her real life with no typical plot objectives. An interesting concept yet it felt a bit uneven at times.

Utterly Stupid

[leiser18 · 1/10 · 27 December 2022]

I like Rachel Weisz, but her talents are wasted in this boring flick. The story is not believable and begs the questions: Why even make such a film? Kathy Bates' and Danny Glover's roles are completely superfluous. It would have been better to make a real mystery out of Rachel's character (with many names) disappearance, instead of what we are presented with. Maybe the screen writer should have dwelled more on the people that Rachel's character left behind (like her parents and the boyfriend). It might have been more interesting. I watched this on Amazon Prime and was glad I didn't have to pay for it, but what a waste of time!

The reason for making this film? Complete Unknown

[gregorija · 11 August 2020]

What can I say about this film? It was complete annoyance, complete irritation, complete delusion, completely nonsense, complete dementia and a complete waste of time. The only character in the film with any sense was the part played by Condola Rashad. The money spent on the making of this film should have been used to feed the poor.