Ouch

 

This is a sublime example of when plot twists go right. The audible murmer and gasps that escaped from the class when the man on the subway revealed that he was an actor is proof enough of that. And we're all left on the platform with the woman, in shock, embarrassed, despondent. They didn't make it a terribly complicated story. It was set in a very common place. There was nothing terribly elaborate about the cinematography; that isn't to say that it wasn't well done, it just wasn't mind blowing. A woman on a train has great aspirations to love. This desire isn't spoken, but the picture tells the story. We observe her yearning for everything the man is speaking about. The camera does all the talking for her that we need to hear. Once she realizes that she's been duped, we can all instantly relate to her. The film plays to a universal human desire to be accepted. The ending sound clip of the actor thanking his audience for the performance gave me a sense of the callousness that people can have towards others. The film did its job of gripping the emotions of the audience. I'll never begrudge a film for engaging the intellect of a viewer, but just make sure that the emotions are stimulated too.