We finished the film at 23:11! ðŸ˜³

Rating: 5/10 (24 June 2019)

The first 20 minutes were brilliant then it steadily fell apart. The opening acts were tense, scary and compelling. But then the storytelling collapsed spectacularly, beginning, for me when the main female character couldn't move the table to get the poker - ridiculous plot contrivance, just dumb.
From thence on the twist became nonsensical, the plot armour of all family members became obvious. But most problematic are the plot holes. If the main female protagonist really was switched in 1980's why did we see PTSD type aversion to heading to Santa Cruz? If they had switched places why wasn't Red, up in the real world bumping into walls etcetera to mimic the movements of its human self in the tunnels?
Loads of unanswered questions. Nice touch with the Fluoride thing though!
There was massive potential to explore the analogies between shadow self and superficial self. Potential to explore slavery and sovereignty of the self but it felt wasted on a script that collapsed entirely.