13SecondFilmReviews

If you're a fan of FOLLOWING and MEMENTO, you are going to be sorely disappointed with Mr. Nolan's latest effort. Likely the only person who understands what is happening in this film is Nolan...in his head...while he was writing it. Sadly he was unable to covey it on screen. Perhaps he realized it after editing since he overcompensated by cranking up the background music so loud, you'd be forgiven if you thought you were watching a 150 minute Whitesnake music video.

The first thing that strikes me odd about this film is the fact that Ms. Wood's middle-aged children still refer to their father and stepfather as "Daddy Wagner" and "Daddy Gregson." That they ever referred to them by those names, even in childhood, is creepy. The second thing is that it spends a lot of time allowing Mr. Wagner to tell his one-sided tale. It would've been much more interesting and credible to also have Dennis Davern, the boat's captain, express his account. The question that remains behind is: were Wagner and Walken lovers?