In the Taylor clan, Anna and Sasha are thick as thieves as sisters. Sasha has settled in with a steady boyfriend named Matt while Anna is still suffering the effects of her break-up with Nate. After Sasha introduces her sister to a new dating ap, Anna finds herself on the receiving end of a potentially violent stalker, who is able to monitor her movements through the technology of the Swipe ap.
A fairly substantial list of male candidates for the stalker includes Jake, who tried to slip a "roofie" into Anna's wine; Nate, her old boyfriend who has come back on the scene; Pete, a new acquaintance whom Anna met on Swipe; the oily Professor Murphy, Anna's creepy law professor; and Matt, Sasha's boyfriend who is a computer geek. Of course, the police are not successful in tracing the menacing textsmessage, and it will be up to the sisters get the stalker to crawl out of the woodwork.
An overarching theme of the film is the bonding of the two sisters and the affection for their reclusive mom, who withdrew from the world after the death of her kind husband in a random act of violence. Anna and Sasha are still reeling from the tragedy that changed their lives. The mom has stopped her treatment with Dr. Fink, whom she considers and idiot. But she is so fearful that she cannot leave the house.
An essential reference point in the film is the law professor's lecture on "mens rea," the concept of discovering guilt through understanding the thought process of the criminal. A guilty mind is the prerequisite to a guilty suspect. Along with the cops, the sisters never really take "mens rea" to heart in sizing up the men in their lives to discern who is the sociopath.
The most touching moment in the film was when the homebound mother finally emerges from her lair and begins a genuine healing process with her daughters. She recalls a sensitive moment with her late husband when she asked him whether he prefers her vanilla cake or her lasagna. His response was that it was exactly like his feelings about his two beautiful daughters, Sasha and Anna: he loves both of them equally.
A fairly substantial list of male candidates for the stalker includes Jake, who tried to slip a "roofie" into Anna's wine; Nate, her old boyfriend who has come back on the scene; Pete, a new acquaintance whom Anna met on Swipe; the oily Professor Murphy, Anna's creepy law professor; and Matt, Sasha's boyfriend who is a computer geek. Of course, the police are not successful in tracing the menacing textsmessage, and it will be up to the sisters get the stalker to crawl out of the woodwork.
An overarching theme of the film is the bonding of the two sisters and the affection for their reclusive mom, who withdrew from the world after the death of her kind husband in a random act of violence. Anna and Sasha are still reeling from the tragedy that changed their lives. The mom has stopped her treatment with Dr. Fink, whom she considers and idiot. But she is so fearful that she cannot leave the house.
An essential reference point in the film is the law professor's lecture on "mens rea," the concept of discovering guilt through understanding the thought process of the criminal. A guilty mind is the prerequisite to a guilty suspect. Along with the cops, the sisters never really take "mens rea" to heart in sizing up the men in their lives to discern who is the sociopath.
The most touching moment in the film was when the homebound mother finally emerges from her lair and begins a genuine healing process with her daughters. She recalls a sensitive moment with her late husband when she asked him whether he prefers her vanilla cake or her lasagna. His response was that it was exactly like his feelings about his two beautiful daughters, Sasha and Anna: he loves both of them equally.