It was too twisted that it became pointless...

Rating: 3/10 (12 June 2015)

I thought the movie was pretty much pointless. I could not understand the message behind it. At first I was like okay it's about revenge or it's about showing how Amy is going to defend herself after she was mistreated but then all of this was betrayed when (spoiler alert) she goes back to Nick like nothing ever happened.
I googled the movie trying to get the message behind the whole movie. Apparently it is about marriage, coupledom and the psyche of two people living together. If this is the case, it is completely far-fetched, not merely close to reality and absolutely absurd.
Also there were too many plot holes, and it is almost impossible that FBI agents would go along with the story with no questions asked. Even Nick asked how she got that knife if she was tied up all the time.
Not only that, but the fact that Amy killed Desi confuses the plot line and the message even more, if there is any. It was unnecessary and it only made me lose whatever shred of empathy I had towards her character.
So basically, there was no protagonist, no antagonist and barely a plot. The viewer could not pick a side. The ending was disappointing. The movie was just going on and on to reach absolutely nothing.
Yes, I liked the thrill of it and the mystery was entertaining, which is why it got the 3. But at the end it even lost that thriller factor when the ending was revealed and we just waited for the characters to act on it.
Ben Affleck played the role well but I thought Rosamund was unnatural. And personally I thought the characters themselves are not charismatic and do not help the viewer in engaging with the movie.
To sum it up, I think this movie is completely overrated. And although entertaining at times, it was too twisted and too sick that it lost its meaning.