Every Breath You Take

The movie started off as interesting, but evolved into a predictable train wreck. It's like the writers got lazy and just decided to copy plot twists from several previously successful movies.

First of all I really want to know why they named this "Every Breath You Take"? It has nothing to do with the plot or any of it's themes so the title of this film is just bizarre. Just went you think this is a different kind of "obsession thriller" it decides nope lets just go back to the tropes and genericness of the sub-genre. First of all the twist is incredibly obvious, as soon as the antagonist appears and the information we're given up until then it is the only conclusion and surprise surprise it turns out to be true. Characters make decisions that make no sense besides to forward plot and the conclusion is as predictable as any other thriller. Some good actors and a very beautiful setting of I assume British Columbia but that's about it from this very generic thriller.

It clearly rained every single day of their filming of this flaccid movie. I genuinely think everyone got depressed by this. True, the characters were recovering from the death of a child, but still, you have to give the audience something to root for, some personality trait that makes you want this family to survive. Everything is shot in monotones. Rooms are dark, somber. People mope. And it rains. I've given two stars for the scenery, despite the rain. Shot in Vancouver, apparently, I got the impression the director, depressed himself, said to his camera crew, 'For God's sake, get some shots of snow-covered mountains emerging out of the mist. Perhaps people will take that as metaphor for hope at the end of this damp squid." It's not good when you're hoping the psychopath might actually kill the teenager and put us all out of our misery.

I would say it's a typical Casey movie. Almost all the movies I watched is the same style, sad and depressing always, this one as well. And surprising he keep having production that's unusual for a oscar winner. For the story, I would say it's damn bad, long and probably the worst for Casey movie. Rate it 4 just for giving the leading roles performance. If you want to watch, search the actor and lookup his movie to watch instead but not this one.

Grace (Michelle Monaghan) loses her son in a car accident. Her stepdaughter Lucy (India Eisley) gets kicked out of school for drug use. Her psychiatrist husband Philip (Casey Affleck) is treating troubled patient Daphne (Emily Alyn Lind) in an unconventional way. When she commits suicide, her brother James (Sam Claflin) is devastated. The cast is A minus but the writing is C plus at best. There is too much filler which slows the thriller down. More than anything, this movie keeps going back to two frustrating tropes. The first one is understandable but is annoying nevertheless. Basically, one character dares another by offering to do the exact right thing. The other character would get embarrassed and not do that exact right thing. It's meant to build tension but it's too obvious and it keeps repeating. The other move is the characters not communicating with each other. Most of the problems can be solved if they would just tell each other what's going on. They keep not telling the whole story and problems ensue. It's a bad writing device and the movie keeps doing it. All of it makes this a rather frustrating thriller.

Don't listen to the nonsense reviews, this is a great film given that actors were limited to what they could do during COVID in the States. I love a 3 of the main actors. Casey plays a psychiatrist perfectly, Michelle is a grieving mum trying to save a marriage and Sam is so talented and great eye candy. There are twists in the film, but definitely worth watching. Make your own opinion, I am quite fussy when it comes to films and could easily watch this again.

After reading some of the reviews, I was expecting a total flop. The first 15 minutes dragged, but in the end this movie wasn't as bad as people are saying. Ya It was slow at times, but I wouldn't call it a waste of time. How can someone only give this film one star. It definitely wasn't that bad. It had a decent plot, good acting and I liked the twist in the end. Not a movie I'd watch again but it definitely deserves a better rating then 1 star.