Had many expectations - non were met

Rating: 3/10 (29 May 2018)

The premise had potential, but writing was poor. The movie was all over the place and the scenes were cut just when they would start to get interesting. Characters aren't psychologically developed. They're shallow and onedimnsional. The kid that went through so much trauma in his life came out completly normal. Sure, he's young, but there is no way he's undamaged after that. The mother, raped, abused, inprisoned, had some brakedowns, but none were solved onscreen.
Also, how the hell does that acting win you an oscar? Not saying it was bad..but it wasn't Oscar worthy. With that script there's not much you can do. But there was no emotion on her face at the end when she saw the room again. No reacton. A lot of actresses would've dona a much, much better job. She just wasn't convincing enough. In fact, nothing about this movie was convinsing. Their escape? Behaviour of their kidnapper? Completly unrealistick. Some of it (him living the kid so he can spill his dirty sicret) was just ilogical.
There were some nice shots there, though. Jack (the kid) narates the story. To him that small room seems big. They've managed to capture that, so points for that. Also, the kid is a pretty good actor for his age. But that's about it.
All in all, this movie was a dissapointmant and a waste of time.