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Chatroom (2010)
You Want to Like It
The plot is interesting - different personalities meshing together in a chat room to fall under the spell of someone charming and manipulative.
It's not an original basic plot line, but one what can be worked with. Unfortunately, it falls flat with no character development, shallow dialogue, and the multiple story lines are abandoned after barely being explored.
I'm glad I watched it free on Vudu instead of buying/renting it on one of these various streaming platforms. The 9% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes is way too high if you ask me.
The Escape (2017)
Slow, Boring, Shallow
First, let me say those who are saying Tara is selfish for walking out on her kids, yes and no. Her husband is abusive and manipulative and she's reaching the point where she is getting aggressive with the kiddos (losing it over her book being moved).
Also, she didn't abandon them to the wolves. Her husband stayed and he has the job and money so serving him with a wake up call, kudos. Better than her going all Andrea Yates. For those who talk about single mothers in parallel to Tara, it's not the same, there's the husband. She left while he was home. She left knowing the kids are safe. She left before her depression and feelings of being overwhelmed put herself AND her kids lives in jeopardy.
And that's as much as I can really say about the movie and I'm shocked I can that much. The movie is slow as it tries to make it intense and reflective of the standstill of the characters lives but instead it just gives a lot of dead time that becomes stale quick.
Not sure how this has such favorable ratings but even with my brutal insomnia I found myself yawning uncontrollably - which is why I bumped this movie up from 1 stars to 2. Thanks for giving me a great substitute for my Lunesta!