Some of the most interesting moments in "Nothing Without You" are early in the film where apparently Jennifer Stidger is using the attic of Congressman Michael Greenwood to spy on Michael and his wife Denise. It was never fully explained what on earth Jennifer was doing in the attic. But she apparently had set up a beachhead that fit perfectly with the manic and creative side of Ms. Stidger.
The central character has been in and out of psychiatric institutions due to her delusional behavior. This experience has given Ms. Stidger a wide array of defense mechanisms and survival skills. Her lock-picking abilities, digital acumen, and Houdini-like prowess in getting out handcuffs, stands in her good stead when she is accused of murdering Congressman Greenwood's wife.
Ms. Stidger witnessed the scene where a male assailant entered the building and murdered Denise Greenwood. She now teams up with her kind therapist, Dr. Charlie Branham, to get to the truth about Michael Greenwood's connection to the nefarious creature Gerry Vasser.
The best scenes in the film were the interactions between Ms. Stidger and Dr. Branham, some of which are apparently the byproduct of Ms. Stidger's lurid imagination. There is some interesting dialogue in which she is performing an analysis of him, based upon his grief after loosing his beloved wife Claudia to suicide. There is a touching moment when the doctor takes off his wedding ring, seeking to move on with his life, based on the counseling of Ms. Stidger.
The taut screenplay is complemented visually with outstanding location filming with nineteenth-century buildings. But it was the interior setting of the attic, in which the quick-thinking Ms. Stidger had drilled a hole to spy on the couple below, that led her to her discovery of the diary that played a key role in eventually saving her life.
The central character has been in and out of psychiatric institutions due to her delusional behavior. This experience has given Ms. Stidger a wide array of defense mechanisms and survival skills. Her lock-picking abilities, digital acumen, and Houdini-like prowess in getting out handcuffs, stands in her good stead when she is accused of murdering Congressman Greenwood's wife.
Ms. Stidger witnessed the scene where a male assailant entered the building and murdered Denise Greenwood. She now teams up with her kind therapist, Dr. Charlie Branham, to get to the truth about Michael Greenwood's connection to the nefarious creature Gerry Vasser.
The best scenes in the film were the interactions between Ms. Stidger and Dr. Branham, some of which are apparently the byproduct of Ms. Stidger's lurid imagination. There is some interesting dialogue in which she is performing an analysis of him, based upon his grief after loosing his beloved wife Claudia to suicide. There is a touching moment when the doctor takes off his wedding ring, seeking to move on with his life, based on the counseling of Ms. Stidger.
The taut screenplay is complemented visually with outstanding location filming with nineteenth-century buildings. But it was the interior setting of the attic, in which the quick-thinking Ms. Stidger had drilled a hole to spy on the couple below, that led her to her discovery of the diary that played a key role in eventually saving her life.
