Faithfully Yours

If you’re tired of crime thrillers that either fizzle out or leave you depressed, "faithfully Yours" is the antidote. It’s a lean, 1:34:47- ride that grabs you by the collar in scene one and doesn’t let go until the credits roll. It really was worth my time!

Using each other as alibis, two friends sneak off to indulge in secret affairs - but their elaborate web of lies unravels when one of them goes missing.

This movie is interesting and kept me engaged and guessing until the end with numerous twists and turns. However the ending was lame and felt like the film makers were in a hurry to wrap it all up and call it done. There were several times when the viewer has to suspend belief as mentioned by previous reviews. However, the story and characters are entertaining enough that that didn't bother me or take away from my enjoyment of the movie. However, when Isy confesses her lie and Bo blithely forgives her without even blinking...that was too much for me. Bo had just killed a man! But all is forgiven and off we go. Ugh. If I can just block that part out, the movie is a solid 7.

.......mostly bland and boring (mildly erotic)thriller - including the fact that it is neither erotic nor a thriller. By the time it all ends, you are likely to have (a) kinda guessed what was coming and (b) pretty much lost interest Two friends take a weekend vacation - plan being for one (the heroine) to act as an alibi for the other (gf) to go have a sexy time out with her sex buddy/lover, or so it seems. Gf disappears, a dead body is found, heroine is forced to lie to everyone, police suspect her, blah blah blah....and obviously there are twists and turns, red herrings, everyone has something to hide ... all the usual tropes.... There are some heated encounters, some lesbian montages but no one really gets naked and it's all pretty bland and dull and a slow burn.... Like a wokier, wonkier version of Basic Instinct in a post me too world that is surely heading for a climate meltdown, with nothing that viewers can sink their teeth into. Everyone goes around looking as guilty as hell, and as the movie miserably drags itself over the finish lining with the expected (gasp!) twist ending, you can't but help wonder what was the point of all this trouble, really??? And.....did I just waste 90m ?? So.....like I said at the beginning be warned .....sadly the movie is not what it seems or aspires to be......

There are a lot of good and compelling elements in this Dutch thriller. Two woman go away on a romantic weekend with their lovers, instead of their husbands and one is murdered. It is low budget, but it is engaging and interesting to watch how their romantic deception unravels their families' lives in the midst of the murder. I did have an issue with the main character's reaction to her friends murder, although otherwise I found the acting to be good. I am not sure if a murder investigation is treated as casually outside of the United States as it appears to be here, but that issue unnerved me, a little, when watching. It has twists, which keep it interesting. But, not necessarily, more believable. I do think it is good filmmaking-the cinematography and the Direction are smart. It does keep you guessing, but in the end is messier than it needs to be.

The premise is interesting - two women using each other as an alibi and then things go wrong. There are a few unreasonable parts of the movie which don't make sense, as other reviewers have said. And yes, I agree, the ending was ridiculous. The acting is not good. However, I was genuinely entertained. I kept trying to figure out what was happening and who was the bad guy. The movie gets points for that - it's not obvious who the bad guy is, and really, depending on how you define "bad guy," it really gets iffy. Speaking of which, the characters aren't likable. None of them. So really, the big positives here are story and mystery. And that part was done very well.

Ducht movies could be very good at certain point but this one very very poor on acting skills. And the plot makes non sense. Oh Gosh my review needs to have 600 words. What can I more say about this film. Probably the actors are doing their best to play a scene but it looks very " fake" no emotions showing on the screen. The plot is empty such a shame. Hard to believe! Also the weirdness of the personages. Husband fetisj or voyeur oh la la ! So what ! The scene on the seawater hahaha they made a karikatuur of their own movie. They drawned their own movie! Then the " happy ending" so you killed a innocent man the death woman is not death and ok good luck have a happy life I go back to my husband and still starring at his " voyeur masochistisch " movies perhaps needs this movie needs a lack of common sense and credibility.

And I don't mean just the two of the main characters, but literally everyone - from all of the characters to writers and director. No one acts in their best interest, and it can't even be explained away as panic, as everyone is calm, just irrational. For instance, a character lies to the police about something that the police wouldn't really care about, but - for NO reason whatsoever - makes sure to tell the truth to another character who would be upset about it. Another character pulls an extremely risky and unnecessary stunt in a situation that could have been handled in thousand different ways and each one of them would've made more sense. Oh, and when it comes to police, nothing about their investigation makes any sense. It feels like the writers asked a six-year-old what they imagine a police investigation looks like, and they actually put it that way in a script. However, my "favorite" parts were two lame red herrings; one of which is explained away in a pretty silly manner and another one is forgotten as soon as it happens. Can't say much without spoiling it but IF (for whatever reason) you decide to watch it, it will leave you wondering: "What the hell was the meaning of that peculiar detail if it's never going to be mentioned again?" I feel like I could go on and on about it, and still wouldn't be able to cover all the messy parts of the plot. Pacing which is extremely off and wooden acting do not help. Just avoid it.

I'm wondering if I saw the same film as the reviews given here. I watched the film in the afternoon and loved it so much I watched it with my wife the same evening. And she was gripped too. The plot was tightly wrought and beautifully and sensitively exposed. Not a second was wasted - every conversation, every bit of action in the movie was meaningful in terms of driving the plot. Watching it immediately for a second time I could see how everything had meaning (Bobdil's swimming, Luuk's overwhelming grief at his wife's death etc). Not to say the ingenious idea itself of tying in an exploration of morality with a murder mystery. I am just so astonished that other people weren't similarly gripped.

Don't read this of you don't want the ending to be spoiled. So I could it see it coming miles away that Isabel had not actually been murdered and that the sister was somehow involved, due to the fact that the body was missing and the sister was not even a bit upset that the person she loved and was planning to run away with, had just died. I kept watching through the twists amd turns just to see how it would unfold. I found the movie mediocre, until the ending. In what world would someone just hug the friend who faked their own death, almost got you arrested and put you in a situation where you had to kill her husband? She didn't have to have a complete meltdown about it, but she just let's it all slide and let's them leave, without being a tiny bit angry about all she had to endure?? Movies don't have to be realistic, but this was just preposterous.