Sunday, March 22, 2015
Who's on first?
I think today's film is about identity.
There are at least two of each character or at least two sides of the same story going on.
It is very clever but maybe just a little too much so.
Mark Duplass and Elizabeth Moss are ideal as two married people who have lost their way. They go to a therapist who sends them for a long weekend to an "ideal" house in the country.
There are actually two houses in which two separate scenarios proceed with "doubles" of the couple.
It is not hard to follow although at the end the anxiety of keeping track is rather high. It helps that one half of the guy pairs wears glasses.
I enjoy films that create mind games and this one is very skillful. A hall of mirrors in which I didn't always catch the mirrors as they occurred but recovered just in time.
DuPlass and Moss are very good. There is a cameo at the beginning for Ted Danson who is looking pretty good for a guy his age.
I will give it a 3 out of Netflix5.
Sorry about the ad in the trailer. Couldn't find a clean one.
Labels: films
