Perception

This is a very well constructed film. It is very enjoyable to watch due to the cinematography and acting. The well thought out story takes some turns which were surprising and we actually keep talking about. It will challenge you and your notions of what belief and love are to some people. Very much worth watching.

The movie is solid.

As stated by another reviewer, the casting for the male lead negatively distracted me for the entire movie.

The battle scene was simply not plausible or good.

Meanwhile, Penn Badgley solidified a prototype for this type of character in You that same year.

This was a tragic waste of film and time! The female lead had the biggest eyes I have ever seen on a human. The plot was silly, and the acting ATROCIOUS!

The poor acting sabotages an interesting idea. Period.

This felt like a drawn out soap opera episode (which makes sense since the main character's actor is on General Hospital). I cannot understand the praise in these other reviews, the plot was extremely ambiguous and I had no idea where it would lead to. Sure there were some steamy bedroom scenes that many women likely get a kick out of, but the acting was so bad. I only finished this film because of how laughable the characters' motivations were. The drawings that the child character (Hugo) conjured up didn't make sense to me. I also didn't understand how the spirit of Maggie manifested itself (if it did at all).