POSITIVES:
1) The three central performances are great. They make the three lead characters feel really engaging to watch and I felt like you learned a lot about the characters from the actors' choices of facial expression in certain scenes 2) Following on from the above point, I felt the writing was really strong too. All three of the central characters are fully fleshed out and believable human beings and the narrative feels like a good balance of cinematic but still grounded 3) The score is fantastic. Reznor and Ross really know what they're doing when it comes to these kind of techno based scores and this is truly one of their best
NEGATIVES:
1) I felt like the film was trying too hard sometimes when it came to the tennis playing scenes. I should say that I am someone who plays and watches tennis, so maybe this bothered me more than other people, but I would've much preferred to just simply watch the characters play tennis, rather than constantly having an overuse of small motion or weird camera angles like first person POV or the ball's POV 2) I strongly disliked the ending. Obviously none of the characters are perfect, but I felt that they were all ultimately still likeable, up until the end where Tashi and Patrick have their affair and just immediately become completely unlikeable. I also thought the final scene of Art and Patrick embracing while Tashi screams from the sidelines was just ridiculous 3) Whilst I wasn't checking my watch or anything like that, I certainly felt like the film was too long and honestly the longer it went on the less I liked it.
1) The three central performances are great. They make the three lead characters feel really engaging to watch and I felt like you learned a lot about the characters from the actors' choices of facial expression in certain scenes 2) Following on from the above point, I felt the writing was really strong too. All three of the central characters are fully fleshed out and believable human beings and the narrative feels like a good balance of cinematic but still grounded 3) The score is fantastic. Reznor and Ross really know what they're doing when it comes to these kind of techno based scores and this is truly one of their best
NEGATIVES:
1) I felt like the film was trying too hard sometimes when it came to the tennis playing scenes. I should say that I am someone who plays and watches tennis, so maybe this bothered me more than other people, but I would've much preferred to just simply watch the characters play tennis, rather than constantly having an overuse of small motion or weird camera angles like first person POV or the ball's POV 2) I strongly disliked the ending. Obviously none of the characters are perfect, but I felt that they were all ultimately still likeable, up until the end where Tashi and Patrick have their affair and just immediately become completely unlikeable. I also thought the final scene of Art and Patrick embracing while Tashi screams from the sidelines was just ridiculous 3) Whilst I wasn't checking my watch or anything like that, I certainly felt like the film was too long and honestly the longer it went on the less I liked it.