I would have given this a 7, maybe even an 8 factoring in the excellent acting of John Cho and Mia Isaac who plays his daughter. (Their acting gets a 10.) But near the end came a plot twist that ruined it for me. Totally out of the blue. And too far-fetched, too implausible a coincidence for the total believability the movie had very successfully established. The movie totally held my interest until then (again, thanks mostly to Cho and Isaac)... and then I didn't care about what happened.
It was as if it was one movie and then BAM! It was another. I wanted to see the original story play out. Granted, there's a throwaway line at the top of the movie that clues you in - it didn't me because I didn't give it tht much thought as I got wrapped up in the movie. In retrospect, that didn't matter and I don't think it would have changed my mind about the ending.
It was as if the movie projectionist switched to another movie 7/8 through.
For me, this is up there with "Pay It Forward" in the pantheon of disastrous movie endings.
Your mileage may indeed vary. And it's worth a watch for the excellent acting between Cho and Isaac. But the ending... it's like watching an Olympic gymnast who's gotten all 10s go SPLAT in the final event.
It was as if it was one movie and then BAM! It was another. I wanted to see the original story play out. Granted, there's a throwaway line at the top of the movie that clues you in - it didn't me because I didn't give it tht much thought as I got wrapped up in the movie. In retrospect, that didn't matter and I don't think it would have changed my mind about the ending.
It was as if the movie projectionist switched to another movie 7/8 through.
For me, this is up there with "Pay It Forward" in the pantheon of disastrous movie endings.
Your mileage may indeed vary. And it's worth a watch for the excellent acting between Cho and Isaac. But the ending... it's like watching an Olympic gymnast who's gotten all 10s go SPLAT in the final event.