She's injured, but because dad has been drinking, they avoid hospital and take her into their holiday home. She accepts and stays the night. In the morning she has gone, with the money mum has left out for her (in order for her to get the picture and clear off). Family sigh relief. Phew! That was a close'un. But - she turns up again the next day and asks to be their maid, with veiled threats, telling them that because of her injuries sustained in the accident she’s lost her job and place to live. They take her in and give her the job so as to avoid litigation etc.
She starts to serve the family, whilst behaving suspiciously around them some of the time, sneaking around doing odd stuff, but on the face of it serves the family well. The dull daughter is starting to behave strangely and the dorky son, just wants photos of the hot maid with his phone, presumably for use later! Mum runs off with a young chap at the beach as she’s bored with dad. Dad beds the mum from another family they know - and by this time you wonder what on earth is going on as it’s turning into a soap opera. It's pretty poorly acted and feels like nothing is going to happen. At this stage, it’s a very dull and dreary low-budget drama, which I almost gave up on. But didn’t.
One hour and twenty five minutes into a one hour and forty minute film, yes, 15 minutes from the end (well, 7 minutes if you take out the credits!), we get the reveal as to what’s happening. And then we get a couple of scenes which depict what's happening in some (almost funny) situations. I’d love to spoil it and tell you what it is to save you the bother of ploughing through the film, but I guess I’d better not! When you know what’s what, you do realise that there have been clues along the way, but it’s so dreary and dull mostly that you’ll probably miss them anyway!
It really is a poorly imagined story with the payoff so ludicrously late in the film that I guess most people won’t get there (or be asleep). There’s very little build-up or tension anywhere along the way, nor anything to keep you hooked. At least if you watch it now you’ll know that there is something coming, unlike for me, going in blind! I really wouldn’t bother with it if I were you. If it had been better made, acted, directed, scripted and produced (with more money, perhaps) it would have the basis of a really interesting story. But they’ve just done it all wrong. Shame.
One hour and twenty five minutes into a one hour and forty minute film, yes, 15 minutes from the end (well, 7 minutes if you take out the credits!), we get the reveal as to what’s happening. And then we get a couple of scenes which depict what's happening in some (almost funny) situations. I’d love to spoil it and tell you what it is to save you the bother of ploughing through the film, but I guess I’d better not! When you know what’s what, you do realise that there have been clues along the way, but it’s so dreary and dull mostly that you’ll probably miss them anyway!
It really is a poorly imagined story with the payoff so ludicrously late in the film that I guess most people won’t get there (or be asleep). There’s very little build-up or tension anywhere along the way, nor anything to keep you hooked. At least if you watch it now you’ll know that there is something coming, unlike for me, going in blind! I really wouldn’t bother with it if I were you. If it had been better made, acted, directed, scripted and produced (with more money, perhaps) it would have the basis of a really interesting story. But they’ve just done it all wrong. Shame.
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