This was my least favorite narrative film of the Sundance film festival. It was worth it to attend the premiere to see "The Eli Roth show" of a Q and A, and Keanu Reeves was also there. I talked to one industry exec who walked out in the middle of the film. The crowd before the movie was whooping and hollering for Eli, and at the end of the film were quiet and subdued. That's not the reaction you want. What I learned in the Q and A is that Eli Roth's brand new wife was one of the lead actresses in the film. Yeah, that pretty much says it all.
As Keanu said after the movie, "It's a cautionary tale." Keanu Reeves plays a loving father of two young children, with a beautiful wife who... |