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• Thriller
• Drama

• 2024
• Sam Yates
• 90 mins
• 15

Summary

A couple find their lives turned upside down when their daughter is cast alongside a controversial major star. Thriller with Daisy Ridley, Shazad Latif and Matilda Lutz

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Jayne Nelson

From the outside, married couple Ben (Shazad Latif) and Anette (Daisy Ridley) have it all. Two beautiful children. A gorgeous house in the country. Plus their oldest girl, Matilda (Hiba Ahmed), has just been cast in a movie. Yet, when Ben meets the film's star, Alicia (Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz), he's besotted; all thoughts of his wife disappear. While he flirts on the film set, Anette is abandoned at home - and, with her mental health already on edge, her anger builds. Ridley gives a cold, brittle performance as the wronged wife, all jagged breaths and sharp edges (a motif taken to the extreme; she's often surrounded by broken glass). Meanwhile, Ben and Alicia, bonding over little Matilda's acting, are warm souls looking for connection. For a while, at least, it's difficult to deduce who we're supposed to be rooting for. But after an uncomfortably chilly first act, the battle lines are mapped out to perfection and lead to a satisfying climax.

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6.3/10

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2024-11-11

Languages

English

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Colour

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