This movie looks good. As slick as a commercial. The language and dialogue is no-nonsense and cool. It has good actors and good acting. BUT! For a plot to work, it must grasp us. We must have a character trying to obtain something, and overcoming challenges to obtain it.
But in this movie, the main character wants one thing only: to try new and daring things. So she decides to kill her mother. Now, if she had trouble doing this, things would get interesting. Then her objective of "trying new and daring things" would be challenged. But, unfortunately, she has no trouble whatsoever. She kills her mother just like that.
In the second part of the movie, you could say that her objective is "getting away with murder". Here she actually experiences some trouble. A police detective is a little too curious about the mother's "suicide".
But from her own gloating and care-free narrative and from the opening scenes, we're already pretty sure she'll get away with it. So why should we care?
What makes us care even less is that most of the characters are really unappealing (but gentle on the eyes) and very two-dimensional.
All in all, a great lesson in how NOT to make a movie, but to its credit, it looks good, and I liked the score.
But in this movie, the main character wants one thing only: to try new and daring things. So she decides to kill her mother. Now, if she had trouble doing this, things would get interesting. Then her objective of "trying new and daring things" would be challenged. But, unfortunately, she has no trouble whatsoever. She kills her mother just like that.
In the second part of the movie, you could say that her objective is "getting away with murder". Here she actually experiences some trouble. A police detective is a little too curious about the mother's "suicide".
But from her own gloating and care-free narrative and from the opening scenes, we're already pretty sure she'll get away with it. So why should we care?
What makes us care even less is that most of the characters are really unappealing (but gentle on the eyes) and very two-dimensional.
All in all, a great lesson in how NOT to make a movie, but to its credit, it looks good, and I liked the score.