Surprisingly Great

Rating: 8/10 (18 November 2014)

I watched this movie tonight as part of my ongoing effort to whittle down my long list of movies and shows on my Netflix Instant Queue. Now, I am really fond of movies that show serious character development throughout the movie. And I really like characters I can identify with.
Early in the movie I realized that there were virtually no characters that I could really connect with. And also, it seemed as if it was stuck in a rut during much of the first hour. I have a hard time with characters that seem to be distracted and disjointed as the main character seemed to be.
I have to admit that I was tempted to cut and run as I sometimes do.
But I hung in there. And pretty much when I thought that this thing wouldn't turn around, it did. It did everything I needed it to do to grab my attention and to lure me in with the promise of a real plot that was going somewhere instead of a slow and predictable descent into failure.
I'm glad I did hang in because this movie delivered. Very happy to have seen this engrossing movie. This is my first review ever.