Time wounds all heels

The Gift

Crit

You know what occurred to me today? We see more people brushing their teeth in the movies nowadays than smoking.

Simon (Jason Bateman) and Robyn (Rebecca Hall) have secrets, only one of which is hinted at in the trailer, which I saw way too many times. A movie that starts out masquerading as a conventional thriller turns into a Hitchcockian near-masterpiece by the veteran Australian character actor Joel Edgerton in his directorial feature debut.

Edgerton also wrote the devilishly misdirectional script, about which if I told you much more I'd have to kill you or, more likely, you would be inclined to kill me. A brilliant piece of suspense and suspicion.