Starts off well enough, and then the meandering commences, without purpose. A woman leaves her hubby and sets up an independent establishment. She also has a platonic relationship with a young colleague. The boorish husband gets killed by the platonic friend, and the lady in question comes back to her original household (what happened to the newly furnished apartment?). In the meantime, the boorish husband starts making supernatural appearances in the oddest of places; the woman has a mental breakdown and tries to commit suicide.
Side by side, we see a lot of screen time given to a frail old man, a sort of family retainer. It is obvious that the dude will have some significant role during the course of events. Sadly, his character stops appearing at the end; he had no role at all, other than to prolong the film with his antics.
The leading lady, with a bit of a puffy visage is suitably cast; the boorish husband dominates the proceedings as usual. The platonic friend turns out to be a nasty dude. Some attempts at faking supernatural appearances fall flat. For example the lady sees her dead hubby in the backseat of her car, and subsequently vanish. The spooking was being faked all along, so how the hell did he enter the car, and how the hell did he vanish? The husband's dead body is found later by the police, with a stab wound. But since the murder was being faked all along, whose body was that? Such bloopers abound.
A boring film, plodding along without direction. Better to give a miss.
Side by side, we see a lot of screen time given to a frail old man, a sort of family retainer. It is obvious that the dude will have some significant role during the course of events. Sadly, his character stops appearing at the end; he had no role at all, other than to prolong the film with his antics.
The leading lady, with a bit of a puffy visage is suitably cast; the boorish husband dominates the proceedings as usual. The platonic friend turns out to be a nasty dude. Some attempts at faking supernatural appearances fall flat. For example the lady sees her dead hubby in the backseat of her car, and subsequently vanish. The spooking was being faked all along, so how the hell did he enter the car, and how the hell did he vanish? The husband's dead body is found later by the police, with a stab wound. But since the murder was being faked all along, whose body was that? Such bloopers abound.
A boring film, plodding along without direction. Better to give a miss.
