A movie set almost completely in a New York apartment. Some younger and some older people are having a party, in a twisty plot over a mystery and many lies. That was Rope (1948), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Now back to Finder's Fee. While not every twist and turn had equal plausibility, I enjoyed the suspense and suspicions coming from all sides. Interesting actors, nicely quick pace. And then..
(Spoilers ahead) .. the final plot twist shocked me, and made me feel very frustrated. How can a scene of some 20 seconds ruin 90 minutes of well-done movie? Instead of the "Who done it?" question of many other movies, I started to rack my brain with "How could they do it?"
A loses his wallet with the 6m ticket. B finds it, leaves a recorded message for C. Then D appears, claims to be A and seems to know a lot but shows no credentials, gets the wallet, but with not the right ticket... In the end, D leaves with the right one, and shortly later A appears and wants his wallet.
My only theory is that D and A both heard the recorded message, which gave B's full address. But did both know the ticket was winning? Somehow, I'm still puzzled... I miss a closure that normally THE END should bring.
Now back to Finder's Fee. While not every twist and turn had equal plausibility, I enjoyed the suspense and suspicions coming from all sides. Interesting actors, nicely quick pace. And then..
(Spoilers ahead) .. the final plot twist shocked me, and made me feel very frustrated. How can a scene of some 20 seconds ruin 90 minutes of well-done movie? Instead of the "Who done it?" question of many other movies, I started to rack my brain with "How could they do it?"
A loses his wallet with the 6m ticket. B finds it, leaves a recorded message for C. Then D appears, claims to be A and seems to know a lot but shows no credentials, gets the wallet, but with not the right ticket... In the end, D leaves with the right one, and shortly later A appears and wants his wallet.
My only theory is that D and A both heard the recorded message, which gave B's full address. But did both know the ticket was winning? Somehow, I'm still puzzled... I miss a closure that normally THE END should bring.