Paige Judson is a bestselling novelist who finds herself in a situation that is tailor-made for one of her thrillers. Suffering grief from the sudden death of her husband, Paige and her daughter Allie enroll in a retreat for grieving widows at a remote location called The Farm. Of course, there are deep, dark secrets at the farm that will imperil the situation of Paige and Allie, possibly even endangering their lives!
The Farm is run by Dianne, the mustache-twirling villain of the piece, who wittily refers to the commune as "The Mommune." Due to her debts, Dianne has diversified her operation by selling the weepy widows and their daughters on the black market. Paige catches on soon to the nefarious antics of Dianne, and the race is on to find a way to escape from what has turned into a prison and holding camp.
A shortcoming of the film was the laboriously slow pacing. The director needed to be riding the actors to pick up the pace and avoid the lengthy pauses between lines. The glacial pace came close to turning the film into a snoozefest if it weren't for an interesting batch of characters incarcerated on The Farm.
The most interesting of the characters was the sensitive mother-daughter team of Tessa and Samantha, who bond with Paige and Allie. Samantha is a skilled lock-picker and Tessa wields a mean knife; those skills eventually come in handy! The character of "Silent Jon" was bit of a stretch when he turned out not to be mute and not the suave gentleman that he appeared to be at first glance.
The narrative design of the film was effective, and the performances were good...if only the dialogue had been accelerated to the way humans actually speak in real life.
The Farm is run by Dianne, the mustache-twirling villain of the piece, who wittily refers to the commune as "The Mommune." Due to her debts, Dianne has diversified her operation by selling the weepy widows and their daughters on the black market. Paige catches on soon to the nefarious antics of Dianne, and the race is on to find a way to escape from what has turned into a prison and holding camp.
A shortcoming of the film was the laboriously slow pacing. The director needed to be riding the actors to pick up the pace and avoid the lengthy pauses between lines. The glacial pace came close to turning the film into a snoozefest if it weren't for an interesting batch of characters incarcerated on The Farm.
The most interesting of the characters was the sensitive mother-daughter team of Tessa and Samantha, who bond with Paige and Allie. Samantha is a skilled lock-picker and Tessa wields a mean knife; those skills eventually come in handy! The character of "Silent Jon" was bit of a stretch when he turned out not to be mute and not the suave gentleman that he appeared to be at first glance.
The narrative design of the film was effective, and the performances were good...if only the dialogue had been accelerated to the way humans actually speak in real life.