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Netflix must really be running out of options for anything viable to show. Hollywood responds by throwing anything out there with a recognizable name, or two, regardless of the plot, writing, or directing. This is one of the few movies that I've ditched halfway thru as simply not worth wasting any more time on. Did Reese Witherspoon lose what little talent she had, along with her looks? Ashton Kutcher never did and it certainly still shows. From the very beginning of this story with the non-stop, non-break phone call from the time the characters wake up to the time they're at work, the story goes from one unbelievable moment, both in reality and in acting ability, to another. I know that Hollywood is running out of ideas, but really Netflix, let Peacock or some other second rate streaming service take stories like this.

Movies where the story jumps from scene to scene, with no fluidity or foundation to allow the audience to know how they got from point A to point B, are simply a waste of good acting and a, I'm assuming, good story. I'll never know what this story was all about unless I read the book. If I need to have a copy on my lap to follow along, there should be a disclaimer at the start.