Gripping & thought provoking

Rating: 10/10 (18 March 2019)

I understand the film enough to know I enjoyed it. I love the mystery and not having everything explained verbatim to me makes it better. We live vicariously through these characters, we feel what they feel, their fears, sadness & dread. I think for those who didn't enjoy the film, maybe they need to have their hands held throughout a film & have all that's happening documented & explained in detail or else they don't get it. This is a movie that forces you to think, to have an imagination. It disarms you, it engages you & by the end it changes you. It's a film that will stay with you & seep into your subconscious. I appreciate a plot that challenges me without insulting my intelligence & this film does just that. It's twists & turns kept me on the edge of my seat & frankly I didn't mind the auspices ending. Everyone wants a dramatic, Hollywood type ending - this film ended with questions which to me was exactly how it should end, keeping the mystery alive & staying true to what the characters knew. Bullock knocks it out of the park here, she holds her own as you'd expect. This film is a shining moment for her & she's exceptional here.