Hugh Jackman (evil and slimey) and Ewan McGregor (nerdy and naive) play against type quite effectively here. I found the whole thing super creepy and foreboding. Michelle Williams is good too although hers is at moments barely a bit part and at other moments pivotal to the plot, which gave it overall an uneven feel I thought. Also one of the twists at the end…might have been worked better.

It’s got a bit of Ripley sense to it. I liked it. But I don’t remember it being in the theaters for even a week. So I may be the only one. (I didn’t LOVE it but I liked it.)

Very entertaining! Because I apparently live in a bubble*, I was not aware that it was a) based on a true story and b) set in the ’70s. I guess b) accounts for the overabundance of (female of course) tits ‘n ass shown up close.

Really intriguing story, with so much crossover between different players and sets of circumstances that you really don’t have any idea how it’s all going to work out. I mean, if you’re me and didn’t know the real story going in.

*There are two (in)famous ways in which this was proven irrefutably to my friends: 1) mad cow and 2) the unibomber. But if you want to hear those stories, I guess you’ll have to email me.