Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Shailene Woodley | ... | Kat Connors | |
Eva Green | ... | Eve Connors | |
Christopher Meloni | ... | Brock Connors | |
Shiloh Fernandez | ... | Phil | |
Angela Bassett | ... | Dr. Thaler | |
Gabourey Sidibe | ... | Beth | |
Ava Acres | ... | Kat age 8 | |
Thomas Jane | ... | Detective Scieziesciez | |
Mark Indelicato | ... | Mickey | |
Dale Dickey | ... | Mrs. Hillman | |
Sheryl Lee | ... | May | |
Michael Patrick McGill | ... | Aaron | |
Jill Johnson | ... | Secretary | |
Jacob Artist | ... | Oliver | |
Brenda Koo | ... | Cindy |
Kat Connors is 17 years old when her seemingly perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears in 1988. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it... Written by Anonymous
This movie is a hard movie to rate I feel, although many scenes are well orchestrated together as a movie it just doesn't make you feel anything, and the ending is clearly meant to be moving and shocking but it's really not.
Acting is... Okay, it's not bad but again the cast fail to make you sympathise with any of them, visually it's really good looking so that's always a plus but a lot of times the movie seems more focused on showcasing Shailene Woodley's breasts than anything else.
Now there's nothing wrong with them at all, in fact they are pretty neat however I'd prefer her keeping her clothes on if that meant that the director could focus on telling the story in it's best way as possible.
Listed as a drama/mystery/thriller but the drama that is feel too flat and superficial to ever hit an emotional core, even though it tries in the end but by then it's too late and based on how the characters interacted with each other previous having that boastful dramatic ending simply does not make much sense.
As far as the mystery well... sure there is some mystery I suppose but there are only so many ways it can end so it doesn't become very successful in that department either, plus most times it focuses on the teenager's sex-life more than anything else.
As far as the thriller goes, well even less there going on honestly, there's not many scenes of suspense here to be found.
No tbh it felt like this movie would work a lot better if they did it as a dark comedy and went a little more crazy with it, I think the movie could have succeeded at being that with just minor tweaks to the script.
I was debating whether to give it a 5 or a 4 but after writing down my thoughts here it has to be a 4 after all, there is talent involved but the movie just kinda feels a bit pointless.