The quality of the suspense is not high. An experienced cinema- goer expects that, at some point, he will be disappointed; but one doesn't expect to be handled so carelessly. What a waste, for a suspense painstakingly built up over one hour screen time of reasonable production value.
Jodie Foster has acquired a withered look over the years, that is put to good use here in the role of a distraught mother. What always bothers me is the habitual detachment in Foster's performance: no matter what a wrenching despair she puts herself in, her eyes and her intonement seem to always suggest that she's not quite there.
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