I came here to check the comments, to see if people had the same experience watching this movie but to my astonishment it got stuck at a meager 5.3! Even though I know nothing is as erratic as taste, this is just downright wrong!
There are some characters in the movie who are slightly in the way, but would be missed if they weren't there, the rest of the cast is on point, and for a long time I was convinced the guy he hates was his own alter-ego. The way it was filmed hinted at that, for me at least. To learn it was the real deal, and his new girlfriend finds out about that, is such a strong moment...
And I know, scenes that seem stale at face value, if you strip them from the context of the movie, you could possibly have an opinion on them. But the story is simply a vehicle to convey deep scarring emotions, and in that light it is completely irrelevant if that scene is not entirely original. It is the emotional journey, combined with your discovery of what happened to him, to his wife, and how it currently is destroying his life from the inside out, what makes it the real story that it is. And his new lease on life slipping through his fingers, almost, simply because he went down the rabbit hole of hate and parallel to it, his situation spiraling out of control exactly because simultaneously he is trying to get back on his feet again in the real world, is so powerful, it took my breath away. And to make it even more a dream state you are carried into, that real world felt like his second life and his basement his first. I loved every minute of it!
Really powerful stuff. Well worth the watch. More than that. You rob yourself of a overwhelming experience of you skip this movie.
There are some characters in the movie who are slightly in the way, but would be missed if they weren't there, the rest of the cast is on point, and for a long time I was convinced the guy he hates was his own alter-ego. The way it was filmed hinted at that, for me at least. To learn it was the real deal, and his new girlfriend finds out about that, is such a strong moment...
And I know, scenes that seem stale at face value, if you strip them from the context of the movie, you could possibly have an opinion on them. But the story is simply a vehicle to convey deep scarring emotions, and in that light it is completely irrelevant if that scene is not entirely original. It is the emotional journey, combined with your discovery of what happened to him, to his wife, and how it currently is destroying his life from the inside out, what makes it the real story that it is. And his new lease on life slipping through his fingers, almost, simply because he went down the rabbit hole of hate and parallel to it, his situation spiraling out of control exactly because simultaneously he is trying to get back on his feet again in the real world, is so powerful, it took my breath away. And to make it even more a dream state you are carried into, that real world felt like his second life and his basement his first. I loved every minute of it!
Really powerful stuff. Well worth the watch. More than that. You rob yourself of a overwhelming experience of you skip this movie.