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FWIW here's what I didn't like.

Posted by sjb (A) on February 2, 2006 at 22:12:04

In Reply to: Tin, since the cats out of the hat posted by Road Warrior on February 2, 2006 at 19:59:55:

I never believed for a momet that Rhys' character cared for the sister and he didn't do or show anything - on screen - to have made anyone in that family believe it either. Also he had more chemistry with the brother than he did with either Scarlett or the sister (come to think of it he also had more chemistry with his tennis buddy than he did with either of them).

For a family so tuned to potential social climbers and so concerned with the happiness of their daughter/sister they sure let a very suspicious acting non caring person into hers and their lives (and made him rich to boot -- and allowed him to be as careless as he wanted to be at work and with his money).

Also, there were so many clues to the double life he was leading and he was so poor at hiding that there was a bunch of secret stuff going on that it was totally unbelievable to me (preposterous might be a better word) that no one seriously called him on it. It required a level of suspension of disbelief - too high for me - to think it reasonable that nobody in that family was suspiscious of him.

And that scene with Scarlett and Rhys in the bar. That's when people were laughing. I wasn't sure if the dialogiue or acting or lack of chemistry was worse but all toghether it made for another preposterous scene (IMO, of course).

The seven or eight scenes of her yelling at him because he hadn't told his wife yet were often just as bad (acting and script wise) and I really felt like it revealed a limit to Scarlett's range but I'm willing ot give her the benefit of the doubt and say it revealed a weakness in the script and directing.

Lots of convenient cuts too to get out of sticky situations... for instance, skipping showing the awkwardness of he and Scarlett coming back into the house soaking wet and clearly having just done the deed (and we're supposed to believe this went off without a hitch in a house where a. her fiance went to look for her and b. the next couple of times Rhys disapeared for a little while - to deal with the gun - his wife couldnt go more than a couple of minutes without looking for him... and that's when Scarlett WASN'T around).

Some things I did like. The two cops were great. The scenes where Scarlett was dealing with auditions were very good I thought, and her acting was much more believable. The scene where all four had dinner together (although the come on smiles they gave each other wouldn't have gone un-noticed by reasonably aware, intelligent and feeling people - which is how the brother and sister were mostly portrayed). The twist and the fact that he did kill those people... it was shocking and disturbing and I'd wished he hadn't but it was good to see a movie where things aren't tied in a bow.

Still too much more bad than good for me.

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