I have read many different reviews for this excellent film, but I am yet disappointed for one and only reason: No one got this film actually. I had to watch the movie twice, just to realize one thing. The movie begins with the end and ends with the beginning (when I am referring to "the end", I mean of course the scenes after the credits).
For all of you that have already seen the movie, let me point you out some of the evidence of what I am saying.
First of all, at the start of the movie, when Laura is lying in the chair opposite to her father, she notices a book under the table and opens it. The book is an album, with three Polaroid photos. If you look closely you can see that the first and last one, is her father and Nestor lying dead in the chair were she put them after killing them. That means, that when she was lying there, she had already committed the murders and all the other things at this point, (e.g. the fact she sees her father alive), are just in her imagination. The clothes she is wearing when she is committing the murders, are different from those that she is wearing in the end of the movie. In my opinion, the end is an event that takes place chronically before she arrives at the house, with her father, because she is wearing the same clothes with those in the first scene of the movie. During the whole movie you can watch scenes that go back and forth, such as the scene when she enters the kitchen exploring and she finds a can dropped down and in the very next scene the can is found on a shelf above the fridge. When she finds for the first time Nestor, lying down hurt, she goes out and Nestor opens his eyes and Laura comes in the room again. I also believe for that part that the scenes are kind of mixed up, with the second scene to come chronically first and the first one to come second. Some other points throughout the whole film, make it seem that way, and I do not know if I am right or wrong.
That is my point of view, and I discussed it with my friends who have also seen the movie and we quite agree with each other.
In conclusion, that is the reason I found that film excellent and a very clever one. Worth watching it!!!
For all of you that have already seen the movie, let me point you out some of the evidence of what I am saying.
First of all, at the start of the movie, when Laura is lying in the chair opposite to her father, she notices a book under the table and opens it. The book is an album, with three Polaroid photos. If you look closely you can see that the first and last one, is her father and Nestor lying dead in the chair were she put them after killing them. That means, that when she was lying there, she had already committed the murders and all the other things at this point, (e.g. the fact she sees her father alive), are just in her imagination. The clothes she is wearing when she is committing the murders, are different from those that she is wearing in the end of the movie. In my opinion, the end is an event that takes place chronically before she arrives at the house, with her father, because she is wearing the same clothes with those in the first scene of the movie. During the whole movie you can watch scenes that go back and forth, such as the scene when she enters the kitchen exploring and she finds a can dropped down and in the very next scene the can is found on a shelf above the fridge. When she finds for the first time Nestor, lying down hurt, she goes out and Nestor opens his eyes and Laura comes in the room again. I also believe for that part that the scenes are kind of mixed up, with the second scene to come chronically first and the first one to come second. Some other points throughout the whole film, make it seem that way, and I do not know if I am right or wrong.
That is my point of view, and I discussed it with my friends who have also seen the movie and we quite agree with each other.
In conclusion, that is the reason I found that film excellent and a very clever one. Worth watching it!!!