Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
A sleepy thriller that eventually wakes up
Andulamb - wrote on 08/26/2022
Windfall is about a domestic burglary gone wrong. For much of the movie, the tone is fairly light-hearted that serves to lull and amuse viewers and set them up for a much different ending than they were expecting. The film could have used more dialog early on, though it gets better towards the end. The burglar uncovers friction between the husband a wife, and through his conversations inspires her to rethink what she wants from life. A better film would have had more of this throughout the movie, with perhaps the burglar taking advantage of this gift opportunity to get more bang for his buck, given his personal motive for the robbery. The film's tension could have built throughout it's running time, rather than drastically increasing towards the end. But perhaps I'm trying to turn the …
Rating of
1.5/4
Shallow homage or ripoff of Alfred Hitchcock
Indyfreak - wrote on 04/22/2022
This movie seems to have an affinity for Hitchcock styled thrillers. Except it's nowhere close to being as intelligently written as a Hitchcock movie or even an imitator such as Charade. The setup is very simple. A thief breaks into a wealthy couple's vacation house but finds the couple is home after all so he takes them hostage. Jason Segel is an odd choice for the burglar but it's mildly interesting. Jesse Plemons plays the husband to Lilly Collins and plays it like a jerk as he normally does. Collins' character changes her motivation on a dime. There is an unexpected death of a minor character (the only other person in the movie besides the main trio) which is actually unsettling. It's an effort to coast on the classic thrillers of old Hollywood, but it's pretty dumb.
