Was expecting much more.

Rating: 6/10 (11 November 2017)

As a fan of murder-mystery movies, I was quite eager to watch this film when I first heard of it. I came in expecting an exciting story that would keep us at the edge of our seats, avidly anticipating the solution to the murder. What I got was quite the contrary.
The premise of the film was quite intriguing, however the plot was dull and beyond disappointing. There is a promising start, but the rest was just... purely mediocre. There is no building of suspense, just the detective indulging in idle discussion with the suspects that leads nowhere. The ending was also quite predictable, though I won't spoil it in this review.
My 6/10 rating receives most of its credit for the aesthetic cinematography, which did an excellent job in creating a fitting mood for the type of movie this is. I also must admit the casting was quite impressive.
Yes, I did get an emotional response from this film, and yes, it did have some nice themes. I just felt the plot really let it down, and although it was almost 2 hours long, it felt too short to be an effective mystery movie. Not bad, overall- I was just expecting more from it.