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When
a storm hits, flooding the surrounding roads, ten strangers find themselves stranded in
an old motel: a family of three, an aging starlet and her limo driver, a pair of
newlyweds, a cop transporting a convict, and a Vegas call girl. One by one, the
travelers are killed—and the survivors, led by ex-cop-turned-limo-driver Ed (John Cusack)
and the cop, Rhodes (Ray Liotta), gather together and try to capture the
killer.
Meanwhile, in what initially feels like an unrelated plot line,
convicted serial killer Malcolm Rivers (Pruitt Taylor Vince) is brought to a hearing on
the night before his execution, and his doctor (Alfred Molina) attempts, one last time,
to prove his insanity plea.
Identity is a psychological thriller
that keeps viewers guessing right up until the very end. Unfortunately, it also kept me
guessing afterwards. It’s not that the loose ends aren’t tied up in the end. They are.
But there are just too many holes along the way to really make it work.
The filmmakers tried to create a story that was as brilliant and
mind-boggling as Agatha Christie’s Ten Little
Indians, but they fell short. Identity could have been an excellent
film—in a Sixth Sense kind of way. Some of the pieces, in fact, fit together
ingeniously. Others, however, didn’t fit at all—and unfortunately, I can’t explain how
without giving away key parts of the story, so you’ll just have to trust me on this one.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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