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Guy’s Review...

This movie is super Hitchcocky. Not only the apparent parallel between this film and “Psycho”. There’s a mood that comes with those old thrillers that are very well replicated here. Cillian Murphy is a great, great actor. In this movie he plays two parts. That of a tortured man (John) that got severely abused by his strict mother. The other part is his alter ego, a personality he developed during the abuse, a woman named Emma that is close to what his mother was.

He has lived with this psychosis as a secret for a year since his mother died. One day a train derails and ends up on his property. This event brings the whole time to his house. The people of the town meets Emma and thinks that she’s John’s wife (I don’t know how they all got tricked, they’re clearly the same person). Emma slowly startstaking over more and more and John fears for other peoples safety. There’s more subplots in this twisted tale but I won’t go into them because I actually think people should see this movie.

Guy’s Rating: Surprisingly scary and thrilling, well worth a watch.

Girl’s ditto...

SUPERHERO Hitchcocky you could say.

I loooveeee Cillian Murphy, so much so I wanted to name my firstborn after him. I say wanted because after watching this movie that want died. He just creeped me out and forever ruined how I look at him. Murphy pulls off woman too well by far. Plus! He is a method actor, so just think of how it was to work on set with him during shooting this film (after you watched it of course)... Creepy.

The one downfall to this movie? Ellen Paige. After watching her performance in this, I cannot agree that was worthy of an oscar nomination so young. As the young hooker mother to a child from Murphy she was unconvincing. Everything she said and did didn’t feel natural, so her performance was stiff. Maybe, compared to the genius of Murphy, someone as young and non-methody (new word) as Paige just couldn’t fill the screen.

Girl’s Rating: I’m not sure if I can honestly recommend this movie.