![]() Ultimately, you have now alienated the audience from caring about either of your two main characters. Melinda too is an unlikable character, because if you are to care for Vic, then you have to dislike the way she’s treating him. But once Lyne makes it abundantly clear that he is, any mystery the movie may have had is lost.Įven though you sympathize with Vic and what he’s going through, he becomes an unlikable character once you realize the truth. It actually starts off fairly intriguing, with the audience guessing if Vic is really the killer or not. ![]() Nor is it fun to see him killing her lovers for no other crime than infidelity. To begin with, the entire conceit of the movie seems outdated, and watching Ben Affleck’s Vic be humiliated by his wife is just not fun for the audience. It’s a frustrating movie because I know what director Adrian Lyne set out to do, make an entertaining and exciting erotic thriller like he has so many times before with films like ‘Fatal Attraction,’ ‘ Indecent Proposal’ and ‘ Unfaithful,’ but those movies were all made over twenty years ago and a lot has changed since then. There are characters, situations, and themes introduced that never get resolved or explained. It’s an odd film, at times not even feeling completely finished. I won’t get in to all of that other than to say, you can tell from watching the movie. ‘Deep Water’ had a very troubled production with several delays and the film ultimately skipping theaters and heading to Hulu. With Wilson watching his every move, Vic makes one last attempt to save his marriage and cover up the sins of his past. Melinda and Vic’s usual game begins again, inviting Tony to dinner, and then having Vic watch helplessly while Melinda flirts with him. Soon after, Melinda reconnects with a man she was in a relationship before she met Vic, Tony Cameron ( Finn Wittrock). ![]() He’s heard the rumors about Melinda’s last two lovers going missing, and believes that Vic not only killed them, but the piano teacher as well. Melinda invites her new lover to dinner with her and Vic to assure him that Vic had nothing to do with the other man’s disappearance, but after dinner, he soon disappears himself.Īfter an “accident” in the pool during one of their parties leaves Melinda’s piano teacher (who she was having an affair with) dead, aspiring novelist Don Wilson ( Tracy Letts), who is new in town begins to investigate. The young man, understandably concerned, tells Vic’s confession to the rest of the party, who just laugh it off, believing that Vic is not capable of such a thing. He admits that he’s responsible for the recent disappearance of Melinda’s last boyfriend, and then confesses to his murder. Their friends are aware of Melinda’s infidelities, and feel bad for Vic, who seems to just put up with it.Īt one of their parties, where Melinda is showing off a new boyfriend, Vic confronts him and makes a wild confession. His wife, the beautiful and captivating Melinda (de Armas) enjoys parading her affairs with younger men around in front of Vic and their neighbors at their frequent parties in their Louisiana home. The movie begins by introducing us to Vic Van Allen (Affleck), a computer genius who retired young because he invented the microchip used in drones. The result is a strange and uneven movie that at times is almost entertaining only because it falls into the it's "so bad it's good” category, but ultimately is just a hot mess! Premiering on Hulu beginning March 18th is ‘ Fatal Attraction’ director Adrian Lyne’s first new film in twenty years, the erotic thriller ‘ Deep Water.’ The movie stars Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas as a married couple whose infidelities lead to several murders. (L to R) Ana de Armas and Ben Affleck in Hulu's 'Deep Water.'
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