SERENITY – “Isn’t what you think it is – it’s worse”
RATING
DIRECTOR
Steven Knight (Locke – 2013)
STARRING
- Matthew McConaughey as Baker Dill
- Anne Hathaway as Karen, Baker’s ex-wife
- Diane Lane as Constance, Baker’s new love interest
- Jason Clarke as Frank, Karen’s husband
- Jeremy Strong as Reid Miller
SYNOPSIS
Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who leads tours off of Plymouth Island, has his peaceful life shattered when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down desperate for help. Karen begs Baker to save her -- and their young son -- from her abusive husband by throwing him overboard to the sharks. Baker now finds himself struggling to choose between right and wrong.
REVIEW SUMMARY
Warning: this movie isn’t what you think it is – it’s worse. The adverts for Serenity are very misleading in that this isn’t some taut suspense thriller with big name actors - it’s more of an odd high-concept fantasy with big name actors. With that said, it isn’t allll bad. Knight gets points for trying something different, even if all his story's puzzle pieces don't fit. The problem is that things become unintentionally laugh out loud silly after a rather weird and anticlimactic twist that turns the movie on its head. McConaughey does well enough with what he's presented, but perhaps over reaches a bit in his performance (but I mean, the whole movie overreached too). In the end, Serenity will almost surely disappoint, but at least you’ll have lots to complain... err, talk about on the car ride home.
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