A new kind of madness

Rating: 7/10 (25 October 2015)

I just got done watching this for the first time.
It was good. The first 45 minutes were gripping, riveting, and almost flawless for this type of story. It was the captivating type where you don't blink- very good filmmaking.
The next forty five minutes were good, but it changed into more of a comedy with laugh out loud funny parts, which while it was entertaining, from a critical perspective I preferred the mysterious stuff. Still, it mixed in the seriousness enough to not fully stray too far into satire.
The ending got back to riveting, but I was someone who was anticipating a big climax of wacko proportions. While it was disturbing and captivating, it didn't end how I expected.
Still, I have to give it props. This one will be hard to forget, and that's usually the case with a good movie. It reminded me a little of Basic Instinct a few times. Very shocking, insane, and the madness on display is of the utmost psychopathic levels, including Neil Patrick Harris' character.
This movie took madness to an all new level and heights is my general analysis. Finally, I'll mention that I liked there were some undertones and depth to the story about how the media portrays things inaccurately and I thought that was a nice addition for modern day mystery like this. It's very true. A starlet writer is really a crazy psycho, goes missing, the media turns it on the husband, they kill him in the public eye, then she returns and they can cash in on book deals and the popularity. That is some nice depth there underneath a mystery film like this.
Anyway, 7.5/10. Worth the watch.