This is not a good movie. It's stupid. The big twist is just dumb. It makes you lose what little empathy you may have built up towards the main characters. It does not work at all. If you back-track everything that the characters have done, then their ultimate changes in character just do not convince in the slightest.
In the Charlie Kaufman-penned Adaptation, there is a rather hilarious sub-plot, in which, Kaufman's twin brother is writing a screenplay about a serial killer who turns out to be the split personality of the detective who is hunting him. It brilliantly highlights the dumb-ass nature of some Hollywood screen writers, with their constant need to come up with ever more elaborate twists to confound the audience, no matter how ridiculously implausible they may be. Clearly, the makers of this film have not seen Adaptation, or if they have they just didn't get it.
The film isn't a total washout. There are some good performances. Steve Zahn is always great value for money, even when he's in dross like this. And I would rather sit through this than another Saw movie. But it doesn't stop me wandering why this kind of nonsense is repeatedly the best that some major Hollywood studios have to offer.
5/10
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