I enjoyed it as well.
Some folks complain that it was a genre-switching movie.
I don't understand that complaint. Many mysteries have twists and turns.
I myself have no problem handling those kinds of transitions in a movie, so long as they tie together -- make some kind of sense eventually -- which they did in this film.
Some posters are complaining that it could have/should have been a more action-packed type of thriller/mystery. To them, I would say pick a different film, then. That was not the intention of this movie. The mystery was much more subtle than that and the film had themes of grief, loss, regret, and coming to terms. It wasn't supposed to be a fast-paced gritty type of mystery/thriller.
The predictability? Some of it I guessed before the end and some of it I didn't.
Even if I *had* guessed the entire film at the very beginning, that would not necessarily ruin it for me, as I as a viewer am more interested in the exposition and how the themes play out. I don't watch movies to get some kind of 'Where's Waldo' thrill out of them.
I have lost some very important people in my life, a few of them tragically taken too soon, and I gotta tell you that I have watched this movie 3 times now and the ending STILL gets to me.
~~ If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story ~ Orson Welles
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