It becomes very obvious in the first few minutes that the characters aren't going to behave like real people do and that it's going to be a study of something "deep". I thought, OK this might work - there might be some great truth at the end that justifies the outlandish plot. Nope - like the Lady in the Water - at the end you realise that you really did waste your time.
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And no I did not miss the "clues" scattered through the film that Keitel may have done the deed. If it was meant to be interpreted that he did then the plot is incredibly stupid. If they were intended to provide some ambiguity so that Beart could rationalize her actions - then that makes more sense but I think it's the former seeing that none of the characters' actions are very believable.
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In summary this is another case of someone having a somewhat clever premise but not being able to decide what to do with it. So aside from some shots of Keitel's kiester and Beart's new assets (they weren't there in Manon des Sources...) there's not much that is interesting to see here.
MILD SPOILERS start
And no I did not miss the "clues" scattered through the film that Keitel may have done the deed. If it was meant to be interpreted that he did then the plot is incredibly stupid. If they were intended to provide some ambiguity so that Beart could rationalize her actions - then that makes more sense but I think it's the former seeing that none of the characters' actions are very believable.
MILD SPOILERS end
In summary this is another case of someone having a somewhat clever premise but not being able to decide what to do with it. So aside from some shots of Keitel's kiester and Beart's new assets (they weren't there in Manon des Sources...) there's not much that is interesting to see here.