I can't believe how uneventful this film is; it began slow and never gained momentum, although Charlize Theron was unbelievably attractive all the way through in terms of physical beauty but her character was mostly annoying, and funny only about 4 times, in a dark way. This should have been marketed as an independent but even then, it wouldn't be great. The ending was annoying as well, it just sort of happened- all of a sudden there were credits rolling and I was left empty. Perhaps that was the intent of the film. Maybe I just didn't get "it". There was no character connection for me. No character was fully developed in order to feel anything for anyone. Was all of "it" in the "unsaid"? I expected so much more. Charlize Theron's character was on the noteworthy scale of cringe-worthy, like Laura Dern's in Enlightenment, but it doesn't feel great to watch that for an entire film. At times, I sort of knew what the director was attempting to accomplish, but the subtlety with the punch wasn't doing it for me, I needed more balance. But perhaps the character was so unbalanced, that was what they were trying to convey.
I give it a 2 for originality in terms of artistic merit, which may have blew over my head entirely.
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