Excellent Film

Rating: Null/10 (27 November 2006)

Am I the only film fan who thinks Michael Caine improves with age? Some of his earlier films are now downright embarrassing!
I confess that I felt a little bit cheated during the early scenes in this film. I felt that there were unnecessarily complex scenes which did not seem to move the plot along. In retrospect they were probably simply building character etc. But after the first half hour or so we settled to some fascinating insights into these two complex characters.
The whole plot was built up beautifully, with clues to the final 'denouement' that would have had Miss Marple chuckling, and no, I did not see the triple twist coming. I saw the water tank one quite early on and sat congratulating myself that I had 'worked it out'.
Congratulations to the writer for having a twist that had me kicking myself for not seeing coming! I am recommending this film to all my friends.