I have to admire the director's reversal skills, and he is committed to various reversals until the last minute. At first, I thought it was Stephanie's fault. Seeing that she rolled with Sean immediately after Emily's "death" and happily entered the room, this idea was further strengthened. However, it was later revealed that Sean's suspected security fraud was revealed, and then Emily was exposed. In the crime of killing the father and the sister, in the scene where the last three confrontation in the living room, who set up a trap for who and who broke the game, is also frequently reversed. The dialogue including the three people in the film has also been burying suspense for the audience. Is Emily still alive, who is the mastermind behind it, who are Sean and Emily lying, Stephanie is just a wicked man driven by desire, or has a deeper plan, the plot is tight and turbulent.
However, this kind of suspense brings more superficial tension and excitement. A series of operations of several characters are either shocking or dazzling, but their psychological state and behavioral motivation are undoubtedly not shown. Why do they It has become like this, whether there has been a struggle, how the bright side and the dark side of the character conflict with each other and bring deeper troubles, these are not mentioned. Taking Stephanie as an example, Stephanie is undoubtedly a "bad person", selfish, indifferent, and full of desires, but she also has mature and calm tolerance and wisdom as a mother. The children of "friends" cry and even beat her own children, and even poke her. The secret desire in her heart, but she did not show any anger when the two were alone, and she was still willing to comfort him that "you can understand anything you think", believe that he "is a good boy", and is willing to accompany him "sitting on the grass". If you don't speak, you just watch the grass grow unhappily." Whether she did it because of motherly love or because of guilt for Emily, at least it showed that she was not a completely selfish, cold-blooded and indifferent person. Such a person is a friend who has been sincere to each other (in my understanding, because she is really lonely, and Emily did not despise her darkest secret, and even comforted her gently), in After her "tragic death", she was able to have no fluctuations in her mood. She even used this incident to make her own vlog popular, and immediately seduced her husband, tried on her dress with great interest, and threw away all her things to enter the house in a grand manner? The film does not explain at all whether there will be more subtle psychological activities behind this series of operations. In fact, I think there may be some points that can be dig deep, such as the changes in other parents' attitude towards Stephanie. I even imagined A story about a traditional good girl who has never been taken seriously wants to use all means to win the attention and attention of others. The characters could actually have had more opportunities, but the film didn't show it. This is especially true for Emily and Sean, who are next in the scene. As a result, it looks like a few simple bad guys are stabbing each other, and Emily's beauty can't arouse sympathy.
All in all, it's a movie you can watch when you're bored.
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