Review of The Well

The Well (1997)
6/10
Good acting diminished by crippled script. ***SPOILER***
2 June 2000
Warning: Spoilers
This movie had interesting aspects that kept me watching but it was unsatisfying. The characters seem to be genuine personalities but repeatedly do implausible things. Kathey hits and kills a pedestrian on the way home - the rational Hester thinks it's better to hide him in the well than report it as an accident. Kathey is delusional and has conversations with the man and sends down food. Hester who is willing to send Kathey down to recover the money she believes he stole is'nt willing to let Kathey go down and realise that he's dead. The film is washed in blue light the from start to finish which in a strong film might be an artistic flurish - but in this case seems to be an attempt to make it a defacto art film.

It's a near miss but finally it's just a passable film.
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