Michael's Movie Grade: B-
A trashy but entertaining thriller.
There is nothing subtle about this movie at all. The story involves a young woman who has just gotten out of prison, desperate for a job. She gets a job as the live in housemaid for a couple that has some serious and dangerous problems. Though her very sanity is being tested she can't leave because she will never get another job or a place to live with her record. The story milks everything it can out of this premise, with all the sex and violence one might image. While the movie may go more than a little overboard on the sex and violence, it still works. This is heavily because of the three main stars. Sydney Sweeny, Amanda Seyfried and Brandon Sklenar are all simply wonderful here, with each one playing off of the others perfectly. Watching these three work with each other is worth the price of admission alone. They are simply dynamic on screen and make even the corniest moments a lot of fun to watch. This is also the rare modern thriller that kept me guessing what was going to happen all the way through. Many of the twists quite surprised me. If they are kind of over the top and soap-opera like in retrospect, they worked quite well while I was watching the film. Director Paul Feig also keeps the movie moving at such a pace that it never once becomes boring.
This movie is very soap-opera like and relies too much on the shock value of gore and sex. However, it is also a thriller that keeps you guessing what is going to happen next and benefits from a cast that gives it their all.
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