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Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

October. 31,2014
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6.3
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Ever since she sustained a traumatic head injury, Christine Lucas has suffered from anterograde amnesia, unable to form new memories and having forgotten the last 15 years of her life. Every morning, she becomes reacquainted with her husband, Ben, and the other constants in her life. Terrifying truths about her past begin to emerge, causing her to question everything -- and everyone -- around her.

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CheerupSilver
2014/10/31

Very Cool!!!

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Reptileenbu
2014/11/01

Did you people see the same film I saw?

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Abbigail Bush
2014/11/02

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

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Sameeha Pugh
2014/11/03

It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

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blumdeluxe
2014/11/04

"Before I go to sleep" is based on a book I read a few years ago but don't remember in detail. It tells the story of a middle-aged woman that wakes up next to a stranger and has to learn that after a terrible accident her memory gets lost every time she falls asleep. While the plot unravels and more characters join in, she has to find out whom to trust and how much of what her environment wants her to think is actually true.I couldn't see any grave mistakes ruining the movie. Of course the concept of lost memory is not entirely new, see movies like "Memento" or if you like a slapstick version "50 first dates" and many more. Nevertheless it is still an attractive one because it provides a plausible reason to keep the viewer in uncertainty about how trustworthy certain characters are. The acting is excellent in my opinion, the movie takes its topic serious and manages to create a thrilling atmosphere. Although not all of the false leads work out in the end and sometimes you can already guess something is fishy, they still work enough times to keep the pace and tension up.All in all there are many worse movies rated better. If you're looking for a thriller that keeps you guessing I'm sure you won't be disappointed. If you're looking for an Oscar movie, keep on looking.

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lor_
2014/11/05

Two highly successful films I hate are "Memento" and "Groundhog Day", for wildly different reasons, but both falling way short of what I consider a good film. The atrocious "Before I Go to Sleep" blends elements of both in a disastrous fashion.Even if this film were believable (it's not) or engrossing (far from it), its use of red herrings is unforgivable. Halfway through we have a fake scene pointing guilt at our heroine's empathetic doctor, and that's immediately revealed to be a false lead. Flashback structure is irrelevant to the story, and the resolution of the mysteries leads to a sickly sentimental finish.Actors of the caliber of Kidman & Firth are attracted to such slop by virtue of challenging roles -and the challenge unfortunately derives from these roles being unplayable. On most TV series, and in traditional Hollywood during the factory system, there is either a writers' table or conference or some mechanism to sound out before shooting begins the psychology of why characters do what they do, so that an audience can believe it. Certainly viewers are naturally gullible -that is part of what cinema relies upon, but apparently no one checked or double checked whether the premise of this stupid story could hold water when dropped on the viewer in the first few expository scenes. The more complicated a thriller is, the more difficult to avoid plot holes and contradictions- even the most successful recent thriller GONE GIRL was loaded with mistakes and poor script devices during the latter reels when the fabricated story unraveled and was replaced by "what really happened". But with lousy films like "Sleep" the most basic elements are utter rubbish, right from the git go.

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majaho21
2014/11/06

"Before I Go To Sleep" is an interesting psychological thriller with an incredibly unbelievable story line. But, even if it may not work in some other movie, with other setting and actors, "Before I Go To Sleep" is a movie that can cope with this kind of events.*Spoilers* A woman (Christine, played by Nicole Kidman) wakes up next to a man (Ben, played by Colin Firth) she cannot recognize. When they start talking, he tells her that he is her husband. We find out that she had an "accident" and that she has a memory loss. Every time she wakes up in the morning, she forgets everything about the previous day. This sounds pretty crazy, but Nicole Kidman and Colin Firth keep us interested. We care about the story because of them and accept the premise of the story line. The pace of the events is fast, there are characters emerging from the past that keep us focused and we want to find out more. Being a thriller, this movie has accomplished its main goal and that is, keep the viewers agitated. However, the movie is far from being flawless. As some people have already mentioned in their reviews, some details seem very unconvincing. The married couple, Ben and Christine, have no friends, he is at work almost all the time and when he's not, he seems wicked and cunning, for no obvious reason at that time. She is in a state of confusion and partly depression but they still function "normally"- they have cooked meals, their house is cleaned and organised, although they have no maids. The house is cold, modern and we're aware it costs a lot, but it is deprived of the personal touch. There are just some photos of Ben's and Christine's wedding day - there are dozens of them all over the place and they seem suspicious from the very beginning. From the very start of the film, the husband seems suspicious, so the "unexpected" twist at the end, when we find out that the perpetrator is actually her husband Ben, is not that unexpected. We actually see what we presumed we would see after the first 5-10 minutes of watching. The only thing that may be a bit surprising is that Ben is not her husband at all. He was just a lover who beat Christine and caused all that mess.My opinion: a film worth watching, but once is enough. And I'm not sure if the viewers will remember it in a months' time.

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Fallen Eye
2014/11/07

I spent every second of this movie knowing one simple thing, that all the characters are probably not who or what they seem, thus, whatever twist that was inevitably on the way, automatically felt diluted because of it's obvious approach.Colin Firth not being Ben I'll admit, I didn't see. I thought maybe Firth was "Ben the Abuser" of course acting like the protector, and whomever else was Mike "The Protector" who somehow got silenced by Ben. And Mark Strong, well, I kept teetering there. Then there's the real Ben, who, if you ask me; him keeping absolutely no contact for four years straight, with someone he loves most in the world, is unforgivable and somewhat, implausible... And it's that story arc this movie uses to throw the viewer off, but... I don't know, it's a bit, hokey... even with trying to justify it through Adam.Before I Go To Sleep didn't demand my attention, but it was by no stretch of the imagination, bad. The cinematography and direction was adequate and fair. The story, predictable, however not in the more traditional sense, which is why a 6.8/10 can suffice.This film is not memorable, but it is all right and above board. I would've really just preferred to give it a solid 7/10... But, it's after taste is already fading.

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