Rebecca Hall Evan Jonigkeit
Beth tries to cope and understand her husbands suicide. She is tortured night and day with unusual visions pertaining to her husbands death. The more Beth digs into her husbands past the more sinister her experience becomes. This film was good. It was very twisty and kept you entertained. I have to say, I could not bear Rebecca Hall. She seem to gasp deeply or breathe hard in a lot of scenes turning this film lower for me. It was just a constant Huff and Puff sound that she kept making and I found it distracting. I felt if another actress was chosen for the role of Beth, I would have liked it more. But all in all the story line was good and the thrills were creepy.
Amy Adams Jake Gyllenhaal
Susan regrets walking away from first husband Edward who writes a novel for her. I believe the story created by Edward was his emotional closure dedicated to their marriage. For me, this film reminded me of a Stanley Kubrick piece. The opening of this film can be a little much being that there are about four different naked obese woman dancing around. The way it was shot, the camera angles, the attention of silence, how the musical score haunted in and out of the scenes, Stanley Kubrick's ghost danced around in my mind as I watched this. It has a slow tone and was predictable but it was enjoyable.
