When the husband came back to the house with the head wound I knew something was up with him since the attack happened off camera. What I found too hard to buy was the extreme lengths the husband went through after a 20+ year marriage. You'd think he'd try to convert her to 50's compliant wife years ago when he married her young.
And speaking of young, she looks a good decade or more older than him, and she's also having a side affair with a good looking 30 something boy toy....please lol! I don't like ragging on actress's looks, but she was terribly miscast because she just didn't look like the type a young 30 something stud would go nuts over.
The final scene where both were so easily bent on killing each other was hard to swallow. I could buy this happening to a couple in a young and new marriage, but not between two people who've raised children and been together for decades. If hubby really wanted a 50's style compliant wife, why didn't he just marry that in the first place?!
The wacky end scene where they're both trying to kill each other kind of reminded me of The War of the Roses, but that couple hated each others guts from the start whereas this couple wasn't shown to hate each other early in the film. They raised a family together for over 20 years, so it's not believable that either of these people would so quickly want to kill each other.
I'll still give it 5 stars for the good build up, but unfortunately the whole story implodes about midway through and becomes almost farcical in the end where they're trying to kill each other. I agree with another reviewer who noticed that the ear device was shown to be taken out of the husband's ear, yet when wifey presses the button, he goes bonkers from the sound like it's still in there when it was already shown sitting on the kitchen counter lol. Someone goofed in the editing room. It's still a decent watch overall.
And speaking of young, she looks a good decade or more older than him, and she's also having a side affair with a good looking 30 something boy toy....please lol! I don't like ragging on actress's looks, but she was terribly miscast because she just didn't look like the type a young 30 something stud would go nuts over.
The final scene where both were so easily bent on killing each other was hard to swallow. I could buy this happening to a couple in a young and new marriage, but not between two people who've raised children and been together for decades. If hubby really wanted a 50's style compliant wife, why didn't he just marry that in the first place?!
The wacky end scene where they're both trying to kill each other kind of reminded me of The War of the Roses, but that couple hated each others guts from the start whereas this couple wasn't shown to hate each other early in the film. They raised a family together for over 20 years, so it's not believable that either of these people would so quickly want to kill each other.
I'll still give it 5 stars for the good build up, but unfortunately the whole story implodes about midway through and becomes almost farcical in the end where they're trying to kill each other. I agree with another reviewer who noticed that the ear device was shown to be taken out of the husband's ear, yet when wifey presses the button, he goes bonkers from the sound like it's still in there when it was already shown sitting on the kitchen counter lol. Someone goofed in the editing room. It's still a decent watch overall.