This is a completely biased review after reading Iain Reid's novel. So the movie adaptation was pretty good. However, I think the ending could have taken a few pointers from the book. The way it ended made the movie seem incomplete. I also think Kaufman made the mistake of completely omitting the plot-twist. It wasn't apparent enough to the audience that Lucy/the Janitor was Jake the entire time; or even that fact that they were a figment of his imagination.
I don't know... and the fact that Jake didn't kill himself with the coat hanger completely ruined the double meaning behind "I'm thinking of ending things"; given that throughout the story, the audience was under the impression that the girlfriend was only going to break up with Jake.
Last but not least, the mysterious message from The Caller. "There's only one question we need to resolve" was used in the story as a precursor to what should have been Jake's suicide. It was later revealed that the question was: "What are you waiting for?" but that part got left out of the movie. why??
Everything about the movie was FINE, except I was hoping for the much darker ending.
I don't know... and the fact that Jake didn't kill himself with the coat hanger completely ruined the double meaning behind "I'm thinking of ending things"; given that throughout the story, the audience was under the impression that the girlfriend was only going to break up with Jake.
Last but not least, the mysterious message from The Caller. "There's only one question we need to resolve" was used in the story as a precursor to what should have been Jake's suicide. It was later revealed that the question was: "What are you waiting for?" but that part got left out of the movie. why??
Everything about the movie was FINE, except I was hoping for the much darker ending.