Before I Go to Sleep
Directed by:
Rowan JoffeScreenplay:
Rowan JoffeCinematography:
Ben DavisComposer:
Edward ShearmurCast:
Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Anne-Marie Duff, Dean-Charles Chapman, Adam Levy, Kevin Hudson, Rosie MacPherson, Ben Crompton, Chris Cowlin (more)Plots(1)
Christine (Nicole Kidman) wakes up next to a man (Colin Firth) she does not recognise. Panic stricken, he slowly explains that he is her husband, and that she suffered a terrible accident that has given her amnesia. Every morning, Christine wakes up a stranger, and every night her memories fade into nothing. With the help of Dr Nasch (Mark Strong), Christine is trying to regain her memory. That is, until one day, when new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her, and what really happened to her on the day of her accident... Based on the worldwide best-selling novel, Before I Go to Sleep is a tense and chilling thriller written and directed by Rowan Joffé. (StudioCanal UK)
(more)Reviews (3)
Definitely an interesting subject for a question-packed thriller that entertains the viewer by gradually revealing a hazy truth. However, the film’s plot is a bit awkward and shaky with respect to logic and probability. After half an hour – thanks again to the super-precise Nicole – you get used to it and accept the screenwriter’s game, which over time gives the events meaning and surprises the audience with a good point. Unfortunately, however, the aftertaste of embarrassed incredulity from the opening remains. That’s not how the dialogue of the given people in the given situations would have happened. Rather, it was written to draw viewers into the plot, relying on them not to notice or to throw their hands up at its unnaturalness.
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The new pairing of Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth was already proven to work in The Railway Man. And this is their second project together. It’s a nice intimate thriller with an interesting denouement. Sometimes less is more. I look forward to seeing them next alongside Law in Genius.
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It looked quite interesting, but the movie just couldn't captivate me. There's the uncertainty of whether it's really him, there's one good, horror scene, but that's pretty much it, and the potential of all three main actors wasn't fully utilized, especially not Colin Firth, whose character could have been even darker.
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