Sadly Over-hyped

Great Film overall

Don't listen to the negative reviews

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

A quick note to the director and writers. If there was a story in this film, you totally destroyed it by shooting half the action in almost complete dark. You might think that's cool but it fact it ruined the whole film because after listening to disembodied voices for about five minutes I totally lost interest. If its any consolation, you're not the only ones who have ruined what could have been a decent movie, by shooting it in the dark. Next time, challenge yourself and shoot the majority of the scenes in daylight. Its a pity to ruin a story with something as elementary as lighting.

I love the storyline!visually it's dark and the limited viewing during those times can cause confusion. It's tone is also a little depressing, but it comes from a unique stand point has has many layers to the story which is compelling til the end.I do think there was room for improvement, but by that I mean it could have reached storyline perfection for me, totally my kind of story

A very appropriate title for a messed up situation that created some messed up people. I am biased with Charlize, but this was well done and an entertaining yet twisted tale. If you are a fan of her work you won't be disappointed. The rest of the cast was enjoyable also. I hear the book was good too.

I had just finished reading the book and found that the movie was on Stan. I know it is hard to fit a lot of a book into the movie, but they could at least have got some of the basic facts right. The very beginning the amount she has left in the bank is wrong, the number of years since the trial is wrong and even the name of the debt collector is wrong.She says her aunt is dead but in the book she is still alive. There is not enough of the back story of Ben, Diondra and Trey to explain what happened. So many inconsistencies it ruined the movie for me. Maybe with a better cast they could have sold the story better.