Nesting Dolls

I stopped watching about 30 min in. The set up was weak, the "bad thing" was blown out of proportion for no reason other than to further the plot. It was a Masterclass in poor decision making and makes me wonder if a man wrote it, because girls just panic all the time for no reason and do stupid stuff.

Three girls go to a lake house for a few days but when an "accident" happens, they multiply their problems by trying to clean things up only to preserve themselves.

The "accident" is really lame and not exactly explained well enough to justify their snowballing reactions. That's probably my biggest gripe with this. If it doesn't initially make sense, it takes away from the rest of the story.

The production is decent as is the acting. I don't find a lot of the story believable because I feel that the idea of how women would react in this situation is off. As a woman, I am well aware of how vindictive we can be especially if we feel we are being taken advantage of or if we are placed in a "mean girl" situation.

It was a decent watch and I was into it enough to want to see how things would turn out. I didn't understand the jellyfish, the "accident" or the spaghetti scene. If you watch it and understand those moments, kudos to you.

I'm not likely to watch it again but it wasn't an awful film. Actually, considering that it was low budget, it was pretty good.

"Nesting Dolls" is an incredibly effective low budget thriller, probably way more effective and powerful than you'd expect. It is difficult to convey the full scope and power of the film without giving away spoilers, so I will use broad strokes --

Three sorority sisters go off together for a week together. Two of them -- Tori and Britt -- seem to be getting the third one (Erica) ready for the rushing event that's coming up. They drink, play games, go boating, and generally have a fun time together. But something happens. And the reaction to that event is a series of horrible decisions that pit the girls against each other and exposes their darker sides as events just continue to spiral out of control....

This film just work on all levels. One of the things that makes the film is so effective and powerful is that although the girls make incomprehensible decisions in reaction to events, they just go so all-in on them, that we accept that, yeah, the decision was mind-blowing but maybe that's what these girls would do? Part of that is the outstanding performance of our three leads, Sydney Amanual, Ali Breneman, and especially Jenna Krasowski (in the toughest role). They are uniformly excellent and all make us believe. And this movie hit me like a brick -- I was actively worried about how it was going to turn out and was completely invested in the characters. Outstanding work from this entire crew.

My only real criticism was the ending. It was a bit of deus ex machina that doesn't really make sense and doesn't live up to the standards of the rest of the movie. But it's not terrible, just a bit of a disappointment given what had come before.

Highly recommended, but with a warning -- I was unable to really convey what this movie shows you because that would have spoiled the movie. But be forewarned, this is not a light-hearted movie. It shows the pitch black soul of some people (or some sorority girls, to be specific) and you likely feel uncomfortable during and once it's done. It will stick with you, believe me.

This movie is awful. The storyline makes no sense, the acting is awful, and fake Allison Mack needs to be punched in the face.

Do not waste your time!

Excellent directing. Right from the get-go. intro and music is perfect. So it's about girls in a remote holiday house which would lead you to believe it's going to be about a nutjob who cuts the power and terrorizes the girls and they spend half the movie screaming just like in a million other films, but it not that at all. It's much darker. Much better written. Fantastic pacing. Acting is pretty good. The ending was not what I wanted, it's okay I guess, but at least it has an ending.