The occasional outbursts of passion and love between the couple may be a factor, but not reason enough to live through the anguish.Īt almost half the film, following the sequential disappearances of Melinda’s lovers, you will be impatient to reach the climax and hope that it redeems the build-up. While the novel was written at a time when it was easier to soak in alcohol than acknowledge the infidelity of the partners and get divorced, this film is made in 2022 and there is no apparent reason why this clearly mismatched couple cannot get a divorce and move on. The couple seems to be miffed with one another for reasons unbeknownst. Similar to Deep Water (2022): Gone Girl (2014): Our Quiet Secret His wife, Melinda, has even fewer tasks at hand- she gets drunks, she has sex with either her lovers or her husband, and she gets drunk. Vic is a drone chip maker who has retired after making a lot of money and mostly juggles his time between snail petting, parenting their 6-year old daughter, speeding mountain bikes across the city’s old warehouses, and witnessing his wife’s sexcapades as she takes one lover after the other. The so-called psychological thriller unfolds in suburban New Orleans and features Vic (Ben Affleck) and Melinda (Ana de Armas) who are visibly having problems in their marriage.
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