Weirdly awesome, awesomely weird. A sneer to domestics, media and clichés.

Rating: 8/10 (12 September 2015)

Well, the title pretty much sums up the feeling I had after watching this film. I started watching it a bit sceptically; I've never read the book, nor did I watch any trailers. I guess I just suspected this film to be an utter cliché - oops: "the husband did it! Oh wait: plot twist, it was actually ... insert least obvious suspect ..." - kidnapping movie. Well, it wasn't.
The first plot twist I still guessed. The film was hinting that way, whilst still trying to point in the husbands direction. They did that splendidly, but I was already suspecting this wasn't going to be "that kind of film". What did surprise me, was that they uncovered the plot so soon. After that the plot went completely unpredictable (for me). At the end, they might have overdone it - I didn't need those extra features of "ONE DAY ... HOME" etc. That last half hour was pure dark humour, and eventually ... I liked that too. But it wasn't completely necessary.
Because of the intense plot twists, the duration of the film was okay. Great, because I wasn't waiting for a 2,5 hour long kidnapping cliché. This combined with excellent cinematography, a very nice soundtrack and adequate - yet mediocre - acting produced 2,5 hours of highly entertaining cinema.
8*