▁Ben ▁K eta i , ▁Sarah ▁Corn well ▁and ▁Nick ▁Ant os ca ▁un pack ▁the ▁in ev itable ▁third - act ▁revers als ▁and ▁tw ists , ▁it ’ s ▁too ▁little , ▁too ▁late , ▁especially ▁since ▁those ▁revel ations ▁rely ▁upon ▁an ▁invest ment ▁in ▁the ▁characters ▁that ▁the ▁movie ▁has ▁exp ended ▁too ▁little ▁effort ▁in ▁creating ." ▁He ▁pra ised ▁D orm er ▁as ▁well ▁(" D orm er , ▁for ▁her ▁part , ▁inv ests ▁herself ▁in ▁the ▁proceed ings , ▁and ▁man ages ▁to ▁build ▁two ▁characters ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁script ▁that ▁bare ly ▁both ers ▁to ▁give ▁her ▁one "), ▁while ▁p anning ▁that ▁Kin ney ▁was ▁(" so ▁wooden ▁here , ▁he ▁could ▁be ▁playing ▁the ▁title ▁role "). ▁ ▁Neil ▁G enz ling er , ▁writing ▁for ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁also ▁pra ised ▁D orm er ' s ▁performance , ▁while ▁finding ▁enough ▁within ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁film ' s ▁aspects ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁movie ▁a ▁positive ▁review : ▁" a ▁dec ently ▁executed ▁cre eper ▁built ▁around ▁a ▁convin cing ▁performance ▁by ▁Natal ie ▁D orm er ." ▁Justin ▁Ch ang ▁of ▁Vari ety ▁also ▁all otted ▁the ▁film ▁a ▁positive ▁review , ▁writing , ▁" D orm er ▁is ▁sympath etic ▁enough ▁in ▁her ▁double ▁sc ream - que en ▁roles , ▁and ▁Z ada ▁shows ▁an ▁occas ional ▁apt itude ▁for ▁generating ▁susp ense ▁through ▁fr aming , ▁music ▁and ▁sound ▁design , ▁even ▁if ▁the ▁be