To begin with I thought it started pretty well. Its one of them films that goes back and forward from past to present which I like because I like things to unfold and to try and figure things out. So I was all hyped up for this mystery and was expecting lots of twists and turns. The twists in the story were definitely there so I wasn't disappointed on that part but I was disappointed in the fact I had it figured out in like the first fifteen minutes!
So Amy (Rosamund Pike) goes missing and they become suspicious of her husband (Ben Affleck) it becomes obvious he is being framed for her disappearance or even murder. Within no time I had it figured out that she was alive and it was all her! She was framing her husband. It was so predicable.
But this didn't put me off watching I was still curious to see what way things ended up. Did he go down for her murder? Did she get caught out? What happens next I was not prepared for.
Turns out Nick was having an affair and Amy knew all about it and that was the motive to frame her husband. While in hiding Amy turns to an ex boyfriend, that she also tried to frame, who agrees to hide her due to the abuse lies she told him. Then she kills him! Such a shock! Amy is then found and of course lies that her ex boyfriend had kidnapped her and had her tied up in the house. She then returns to her husband who is planning on leaving her as he knows that it was her trying to frame him. At first they play up to the cameras that all is well then she plays with his head claiming to be pregnant knowing that will make him stay with her as he always wanted kids. This is where the ending is really messed up as he decides to stay. They live in their house but he sleeps in the spare room. Its clear they don't trust each other and he even locks the bedroom door. Why he even decided to stay with her knowing she tried to get him the death penalty and she just killed her ex is beyond me! I would have been straight out of there. Then they continue their life in front of the cameras as a perfectly happy married couple... To me this ending didn't fit. After all the drama I was expecting a more explosive ending. I thought that maybe he would have found a way to get the truth out there and for her to get sent down or even more dramatic, for her to kill her husband after all.
Overall I wouldn't say it is the worst film I have seen but I do think the ending could have been better. I would watch it again if it is ever on tv but I am in no rush.
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