Wasted potential

Rating: 1/10 (20 January 2018)

The set up and cast was excellent and there were some good lines in the film. But everything in the evolution of the story was contrived.
None of the relationships were genuine except maybe the police Chief and his family, but even then there was a lot to be desired.
The lead character was in mourning, so I get that her behavior might not be normal, but her behavior was horrible and without any real consequences to her, only to others. Maybe that's life, but everything was framed as though she should be applauded for treating other people horribly.
It felt like every event in the film was done to be opposite what you might expect in a film. I would normally be happy that it isn't so formulaic, but it actually was formulaic because it took the formula and quite predictably did the opposite. It got to the point where the writing was just horribly pretentious.
I almost gave it more stars because the acting was good, but I just couldn't do it. By the end, you feel like you've wasted your time and feel frustrated watching this movie commit cinema crime instead of solving the crime in the story.
This movie tried to force emotions and force genuine situations, but it failed miserably.