Not Perfect but Gripping

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2014)

It seems people either loved or hated this film. It has strengths and weaknesses... It was very suspenseful and did well to create the feeling of the isolation and terror she felt. The character development could have been better. The dialogue was painfully bad in spots- I had to look away from the awesomely bad barking scene that went on for like 30 painful seconds. The end didn't seem to 'work' very well. Sports illustrated magazine mixed with Planet of the Apes. Very odd and anti-climatic. They should have brought more people in to polish up the script a bit...like adding 'flashbacks' to develop the characters. This could have been a really great movie. Sandra Bullock was good, George Clooney was passable. A good, but not great, film.