Having been made redundant twice in my lifetime I know just what these characters were going through. Although I did find it a little hard, at first, to empathise with a Porsche driving, golf playing executive; I work in a lab calibrating moisture measuring equipment when I'm not reviewing movies. However, when I saw the impact his predicament had on his family life I began to understand. It is a film of two halves, I found. The first dealing with the initial shock of events and the second dealing with how they're going to cope with it and the impact it has on their lives. It's not a particularly easy watch with quite a complicated plot and several threads to follow, but well worth a look if you stick it out to the end
Recommended.
My score: 6.7/10.
IMDb Score: 6.8/10 (based on 15,101 votes at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: 67/100 (based on 156 reviews counted at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 55/100 (based on 30,577 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).
You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.
My score: 6.7/10.
IMDb Score: 6.8/10 (based on 15,101 votes at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: 67/100 (based on 156 reviews counted at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 55/100 (based on 30,577 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).
You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.