Film 82 - Before I Go To Sleep

 Before I go to Sleep - 20/09/2014

I am a sucker for a good thriller, and especially an amnesiac thriller.  

Nicole Kidman awakes in her bed but not in the body she thought she had, waking up next to a person she does not recognise.  Apparently, according to Colin Firth, this is how she has woken up for the past 14 years after a terrible accident she cannot retain memories from one day to the next but remembers everything up until her fateful night.  Each morning, Colin Firth has to explain who he is, how they got married and other shocking revelations that surface as the film progresses.

Then there is Mark Strong, a doctor who rings her every morning, after Colin goes to work, to let her know that she is keeping a video diary every day and hides this away from her husband.

As the film progresses you start to question everyone's motives.  Why is the doctor always meeting in low-lit car parks, why is the husband always revealing something new that seems insignificant at the start.

The three leading actors all do a perfectly fine job, and the story is very interesting, with a few good twists and turns along the way (as with all thrillers, so no spoiler there), the last 5 minutes are a little daft, but they can be forgiven.

A decent amnesiac thriller, not up there with the likes of Memento, but good at what it sets out to do.

Watching the trailers before the film, the new trailer for Annabelle was shown.  Clare was freaked out by this trailer, as were several others in the audience.  In the trailer there is a scary sequence with a small girl running at the screen.  At 2am, Clare decided to nudge me and wake me from my slumber only to tell me, "The little girl wants to come in" and then roll over and go back to sleep.  That is one thing I didn't want to hear 'before I go to sleep'.