You shouldn't need much (or any) film literacy to guess "the baddie" in the first 10 minutes or so and that's kinda disappointing. Banks is pretty good in a more serious role, but the rest of the film feels like it's creaking around her. I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a period piece, but the soundtrack felt incredibly dated and a little anachronistic to modern times. Opening with QOTSA is kinda embarrassing. A significant weakness though was the failure to cast Armie Hammer - that could have given the film a bit of an edge and at least a trace of the irony that should have been there. Other than that, it's hard to care about the characters - it's an aesthetician for god's sake, sorry, but I suspect a lot of people are going to struggle empathising with the main character.

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