Westermarck Effect

May. 19,2022      
Rating:
6.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Sally gave her son Sam up for adoption 20 years ago and when they reunite, they fall passionately in love with devastating consequences.

Saara Lamberg as  Sally
Kevin Dee as  Miranda
Albert Goikhman as  Herbert
Andy Hazel as  Stewart
Brendan Bacon as  Monty

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Reviews

Odelecol
2022/05/19

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

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Catangro
2022/05/20

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

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Raymond Sierra
2022/05/21

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

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Geraldine
2022/05/22

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

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