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Just what I expected

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Great and realistic story with some unexpected twists. This film is much better than the average ratings suggest. People that will not like this film or think it is average are usually those who enjoy commercial Hollywood type of movies and need their heros and fun pass time rather than a real life stories, character development and the reality of life. I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend it to everyone who like European cinematography (films like The Hunt) - it is not on that level, but it is along those lines.

The talents of Maxine Peake are wasted in this pretty much by the numbers so-called thriller. For one thing we're supposed to sympathise with this career woman who accidentally kills her cleaner in a fit of rage when she wallops the cleaner with a bottle of champagne the cleaner is carrying that Peake thinks is her own, only to later find out she was wrong. But why would the cleaner carry a heavy bottle of champagne up to Peake's flat rather than leave it in her car? And would she really leave her baby in the car, rather than bring it upstairs with her? The ending too was lazy, as if they didn't quite now how to get Peake out of her dilemma so they just tossed her and the security guard she was blackmailing out the window. Nor was there any point to the revelation that Peake had been having an affair with the man who got the promotion she was hoping for, it added nothing to the plot save to chew up a bit of time. Then there was the back story involving Peake and her sister and Peake's estrangement from their family, which didn't add anything either and whose only purpose seemed to be to fill out an empty plot. A weak film.

I've just seen this in a network premier on BBC 1HD. A mixed bag of a film but it all averages out well for me with the cinematography and location - cool grays and Docklands glassy tower block vistas, hardly a soul around - - in a city of over 6 million. But this is where much of the plausibility factor kicks in and takes it down a couple of pegs, but its haunting shots and splendid dramatic acting all round makes me want to go back and watch it again just for the contemporary references & authentic nuance - this is what Cameron's Britain has come to: it has all the key ingredients with estate agents, an undocumented East European employee a Range Rover,and a major cleaning OCD for an obsessive era. There's a lot of clever plot twists but it tends towards allegory and fable as opposed to realism. At face value it's preposterous - but it's a lot more clever and artful than its might first look and the pace quickens nicely. There I go, I didn't give anything away.

Seeing the name - a film I hadn't heard of - I decided to watch. Of the 5 reviews I have just read 4 of the 5 tally with my feelings: the one that doesn't actually complains about what makes this film absolutely stunning. This film isn't a gore-fest, has barely any violence, very few characters and a very simple story line; on two occasions I was almost reduced to tears; I had my heart in my mouth and almost stopped watching at one point as I was starting to get traumatised (OK, a bit of an exaggeration...but crazy!). Anyone with children will know exactly what I mean. For a film to do that means it's worked. An easy 10 out of 10.