Margaret (Rebecca Hall) seems to have a pretty good life: She has a pretty good job and is pretty good at it, and she has a loving relationship with her daughter Abbie (Grace Kaufman) - ok, maybe a bit too loving, because now that Abbie's on the verge of turning 18 and leaving for college, Margaret's over-protective side is increasingly coming to the fore, much to Abbie's annoyance. Then she stumbles into a man (Tim Roth) a few times in a row, and she totally loses it, starts having panic attacks, smothers Abbie with her motherly care, and starts to neglect work. Not she thinks the man in question is David, her ex from 22 years ago, whom she had an abusive relatinship with and who she blames for having lost her unborn son back when. She confronts the man, who assures her he has never met her before let alone being her ex, but that's not good enough for her, she starts following him around, breaks into his hotelroom and the like, while pretty much putting Abbie under constant curfew and forbidding her to see anyone. This has Abbie worried - to the point where she moves out of the apartment, doesn't leave her new address and forbids her mother to even contact her. Yet Margaret doesn't give up and even starts carrying a handgun. But when she's about to shoot her object of paranoia, she realizes she can't ... and the man turns out to be David indeed. Only he assures her he bears no malice, but makes the wildest of claims: That their unborn son is still alive - in his belly. What's worrying though is that Margaret kind of believes him ...

A film that really covers much of the range of the thriller genre: What starts out as a mere paranoia thriller eventually turns into an evil game of cat-and-mouse before going full-on grotesque - and that's really what makes this movie so much fun, as it constantly surprises its audience and keeps one guessing. And the director is genre savvy enough to keep one at the edge of one's seat, but also has a realist approach to it to keep things grounded. And Rebecca Hall gives an impressive performance, leading a very able cast, through this welcomely unusual film.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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