Really???

Rating: 6/10 (4 February 2017)

8.2 Rating the date I purchased and watched the movie and wow, how could so many have got it so wrong? Upset I spent money to purchase instead of waiting for it to come on cable, Netflix or regular TV. In reflection this was like a soulless failed M.Knight S. like imitation film lacking charm or style. The movie falls flat and is actually a failure with an 8.2 rating? Captain Marks whom u will see little of is the only person of interest and that is because when u see his face u instantly know he is going to do something...eventually. Again the film fails, had they only shown more of Captain Marks and managed to have scripted and built a little suspense in his role around his actions. They could have cut many of the scenes with Amy Adams and made that happen. Towards the end of the film it is over the top obvious that u have not seen the husband so u know who the husband will be as the film has bored u so long, has to be near its end and it is too late to introduce a new character.
A slow slightly boring movie doesn't bother me if overall it has a great story. I have not acted since 7th grade when I faltered over memorizing my lines after a star turn in the 6th grade when a 3 person classroom play was accidentally aired locally by a group testing new equipment but if I had been inserted in the movie and acted badly stumbling over my lines, it would have added some drama and interest. All the immensely competent actors in this film looked and sounded they were all on a lot of Prozac! The dullness of the movie is related to both directional and screenplay issues. Amy Adams tries to create a mood and aura with her acting but she is just a person too much in their own head and not fully interacting with anyone around her. Too bad they put everyone else in the same head space. I believe the reviewers that actually watched the movie not just the trailers had to rate it highly on what could and should have been, not what the movie actually was!