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Information
- Year
- 2013
- Runtime
- 94 min.
- Director
- Brendan Muldowney
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery
- Rating *
- 6.2
- Votes *
- 450
- Checks
- 32
- Favs
- 2
- Dislikes
- 1
- Favs/checks
- 6.3% (1:16)
- Favs/dislikes
- 2:1
Top comments
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yukononun
I came very close to shutting the telly off, but I'm glad that I didn't.
The first 60 minutes were a little too morbid for me ; reminding me more of of the film May. However, while May was at least upfront about being disturbing, this one wasn't.
Subject matter aside, this film was labelled as a romance drama about a man who "befriends suicidal girls". The first 60 minutes felt more like a horror film and the "befriending" was closer to . Another description for it said that it was about a man finding a dead girl in the woods, taking her home and "through her lifeless company, begins to feel an awakening within himself"...also not true. It made it sound like a tamer version of Swiss Army Man, but in reality .
After those 60 minutes, it began to actually feel like a romance drama. 80 minutes in and I was hopeful for a happy ending, as this film really needed one at this point.
Did I get one?
It's definitely not something that I'd watch again, but I don't regret watching it. I just wish that the film had been a little kinder to Ian, considering the amount of trauma he has. The ending was nice, but it was a bit of a letdown after witnessing all of that he went through.
The whole suicide aspect is also something that I'm conflicted about, although it was interesting to see that both
Do I wish that I had watched something else instead? Kind of. As I said before, though...I don't regret watching it. 4 years 12 months ago