Despite its dismal reviews Jack and I enjoyed this thriller with Nicole Kidman as an amnesiac and Colin Firth as her husband. The acting is outstanding, the English settings at once dreary and beautiful, and the story full of twists. Jack said Kidman (last blogged in The Paperboy) is always good at that deer-in-the-headlights look and Firth (most recently in Magic in the Moonlight) charming and earnest. Somewhere I read "What woman, amnesia or not, wouldn't be thrilled to wake and find Colin Firth in her bed?" Supporting actors are Mark Strong (last in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and Anne-Marie Duff (Nowhere Boy).
Directed and co-written by Rowan Joffe (we didn't like The American) from the novel by S.J. Watson, this features a soundtrack by Ed Shearmur (most recently scored Mother and Child). Here's a link to a playlist from others of his extensive catalog of soundtracks. Sorry about the ads, unless you see the very funny one for Poo-pourri.
When we saw it Wednesday the Rotten Tomatoes ratings were 37% critics and 53 audiences. One day later it's slipped to 36. Ugh. We think differently.
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