This is an awesome movie. I was concerned at first, before seeing it, that it might be a bit predictable, once I saw the trailer, but it definitely wasn’t. There was very little about this movie I saw coming, except for a surprise at the very end. THAT I saw coming, but only moments before it happened. Does that count?

Anyway, it was really good. You have to see it. It really makes me wonder if these kinds of big scams happen with the elderly, in combination with nursing homes and lawyers, all working together to put “cherry” elders into nursing homes against their will, become their POA and sell and/or auction off their assets to pay for their care (and to pay for their own fees). They make it look pretty horrible. This movie took it to the extreme, but I’m just wondering if this really happens.

I don’t want to say much more than that or I might spoil too much for anyone who hasn’t seen it yet, but I enjoyed it a lot. Peter Dinklage was especially great in this movie, playing a role that seems like it was made for him–dark, brooding, mysterious. Rosamund Pike was also outstanding in the lead. Hot, but I quickly came to hate her, then she managed to turn that around…almost completely…by the end of the movie.

Here’s the trailer: