The concept here seemed good, and with the casting choices and Blumhouse banner, I expected it at worst to be a step above the usual evil boyfriend movies you might expect from the Lifetime Network or a similar channel. Unfortunately, this one is just extremely thin on plot and even thinner on suspense.
A superstitious mom with a tragic past living in India very slowly becomes convinced for no legitimate reason that her daughter in the US has started dating a bad guy. Does he do anything to make us think she might be right? No. Not until the very last 10 minutes.
Unlike most movies in this vein, the boyfriend doesn't act creepy or overly controlling or violent or jealous or whatever else you might expect. This lack of suspense makes the first 75% of the movie seem like just a boring romance with a crazy mom thrown in for kicks. The entire middle third of this movie drags on until finally, graciously, something happens. And then it's pretty much over except for a short wind-down followed by a predictable "gotcha" scene at the very end.
This would have been much better as a segment in an anthology film or as a standalone short. It feels like they really had to pad it to make it feature length.
A superstitious mom with a tragic past living in India very slowly becomes convinced for no legitimate reason that her daughter in the US has started dating a bad guy. Does he do anything to make us think she might be right? No. Not until the very last 10 minutes.
Unlike most movies in this vein, the boyfriend doesn't act creepy or overly controlling or violent or jealous or whatever else you might expect. This lack of suspense makes the first 75% of the movie seem like just a boring romance with a crazy mom thrown in for kicks. The entire middle third of this movie drags on until finally, graciously, something happens. And then it's pretty much over except for a short wind-down followed by a predictable "gotcha" scene at the very end.
This would have been much better as a segment in an anthology film or as a standalone short. It feels like they really had to pad it to make it feature length.