Now this is one of those thrillers which look meandering and freewheeling, but have been tautly constructed around a very clever plot. The result is pretty suspenseful ; it is also pretty unsettling. From a technical viewpoint, the various flashbacks could have been inserted in a more elegant way, but I might be wrong : perhaps they, too, contribute to the real/unreal atmosphere of the movie. The viewer, like the characters themselves, gets sucked into a shimmering, shifting nightmare where everything and anything could happen.
This is a movie for a fully adult and mature audience, since a number of the characters are suffering from some kind of psychosexual trauma or psychosexual disturbance. In other words : keep this one away from the kids...
Fun note : "Deadly strangers" contains one of the most angelic looking juvenile delinquents I have ever seen. This is a cherub who could out-cherub other cherubs. One wonders about this kind of creative decision-making. ("Remind me to introduce you to Casting. The best of fellows, he's been with us for ages, but do try to keep him away from the cooking sherry. What ? You've already met him ? And he was on his second bottle of Italian red ? That is... problematic.")
This is a movie for a fully adult and mature audience, since a number of the characters are suffering from some kind of psychosexual trauma or psychosexual disturbance. In other words : keep this one away from the kids...
Fun note : "Deadly strangers" contains one of the most angelic looking juvenile delinquents I have ever seen. This is a cherub who could out-cherub other cherubs. One wonders about this kind of creative decision-making. ("Remind me to introduce you to Casting. The best of fellows, he's been with us for ages, but do try to keep him away from the cooking sherry. What ? You've already met him ? And he was on his second bottle of Italian red ? That is... problematic.")