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Title: Creepy and scary
Review: Scary not in the sense it is a horror movie - what happens is horrific, but it happens in the mind of Ashley Judd's character. She does a great job of showing her character's decent from being an enabler to a complete psychosis. Michael Shannon proves yet again he is an actor of unflinching talent, here one can see a parallel with his character in Take Shelter. Watching it, here and there I wondered if there is anything to their delusion - how many steps are there between these characters and, say, people in conspiracy shows, i.e., anybody who gets killed off in shows like The X-Files? That is the scary part of this movie. Though I do wish the characters' decent was explored in more details - there are obvious jumps in the story, mostly due to the fact it was based on a stage play. Other than that, a good movie to raise questions about what we think we know - about others, but more importantly, about ourselves.
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