Honestly, what screenwriter wrote this thing and who approved it? How could such a glorious miscalculation of a story ever be put to film?
The film's leads, the two women running the scam, are vile, disgusting, detestable characters. They have absolutely no redeeming qualities. They are not cool, they are not "misunderstood", they are not a parody of anything. They are as likeable as your average international pedophile human trafficker, or con-artist scamming cancer patients out of their money promising fake cures. I found myself hating them more than any other film character in recent memory. I actively rooted for their antagonsit (Peter Dinklage) and actively wanted them to die suffering.
But the film is centered around them, as if it considers them to be sympathetic or charismatic. I found that so jarring.
To be fair, acting, especially by Rosamund Pike is superb, and the cinematography is good too. But the story is horrible. Honestly, who thought people would identify with these characters?
The film's leads, the two women running the scam, are vile, disgusting, detestable characters. They have absolutely no redeeming qualities. They are not cool, they are not "misunderstood", they are not a parody of anything. They are as likeable as your average international pedophile human trafficker, or con-artist scamming cancer patients out of their money promising fake cures. I found myself hating them more than any other film character in recent memory. I actively rooted for their antagonsit (Peter Dinklage) and actively wanted them to die suffering.
But the film is centered around them, as if it considers them to be sympathetic or charismatic. I found that so jarring.
To be fair, acting, especially by Rosamund Pike is superb, and the cinematography is good too. But the story is horrible. Honestly, who thought people would identify with these characters?