What’s it about?
School girl goes after internet paedophile to avenge a fellow student’s death.
Highs n lows
You’ll have to make an effort to stick with this one, it’s very slow to build to a climax and didn’t keep me gripped throughout. Told in short sections that take you from one unpalatable truth to another, climaxing in a hard line ending. This isn’t a blood soaked action packed movie, more disturbing suspense that relies on an intelligent script and character led development. If you are looking for a dose of gratuitous violence, forget it, but use your imagination and you get enough from the characters’ detailed descriptions of what they are doing to have you cringing without seeing so much as a knife.
Both lead characters Ellen Page (Haley) and Patrick Wilson (Jeff) come across as twisted as each other – no matter the rights and wrongs of their motives. Page is suitably sweet and chilling as the vigilante Hayley Stark, and Wilson is extremely convincing as her rational persuasive victim Jeff Kohlver. Your loyalties to the characters will be left in the balance until the end.
This will raise serious questions about the rights and wrongs of vigilanteism, corporal punishment, and underage sex. Personally I can’t condone the actions of either of the main characters, but watch it with friends – it’s sure to start a debate.
Is it any good?
3 out of 5 – moderate violence
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GQ Smooth, once again. I'd steer well clear of this. I'd come out of the cinema, and want to slit my wrists. Glad you saw it, so you could warn me!
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