Memorable, crazy movie

Good concept, poorly executed.

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Brilliantly gripping film with lots of twist and second guessing. The only thing that annoyed me was the fact that the director made a huge error forgetting to explain Claire's role... oops! But decides that it's well worth a watch!

A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her. The film's talent Cast isn't enough to keep viewers caring for it's plot or it's characters and the overall story doesn't lead anywhere in the process to be honest..

Despite Nicole Kidman not being as likable as say a Jennifer Aniston would have been, this film is engaging, complex, and well put together. Colin Firth and Mark Strong's performances are outstanding. Kidman is annoying but her work is acceptable. In fact, Strong's work carries this film. As is often the case, if this movie had a Aniston, Jennifer Lawrence, or a Rachel McAdams type lead, it would have been amazing. That said, it is still a good film. Unfortunately, I would like to find out what happened to the last five minutes. Without giving any spoilers, those last few minutes were boring, drawn out (without reason), uneventful, and anti- climatic. I didn't read the book so perhaps this is one of those adaptation disasters wherein the book reads fine but when put on film, it goes off the rails. So much so, I was wondering what I missed because it was so bad.Overall, film is worth a watch and is good. I just wish those last few minutes hadn't left such a bad taste in my mouth.

I spent every second of this movie knowing one simple thing, that all the characters are probably not who or what they seem, thus, whatever twist that was inevitably on the way, automatically felt diluted because of it's obvious approach.Colin Firth not being Ben I'll admit, I didn't see. I thought maybe Firth was "Ben the Abuser" of course acting like the protector, and whomever else was Mike "The Protector" who somehow got silenced by Ben. And Mark Strong, well, I kept teetering there. Then there's the real Ben, who, if you ask me; him keeping absolutely no contact for four years straight, with someone he loves most in the world, is unforgivable and somewhat, implausible... And it's that story arc this movie uses to throw the viewer off, but... I don't know, it's a bit, hokey... even with trying to justify it through Adam.Before I Go To Sleep didn't demand my attention, but it was by no stretch of the imagination, bad. The cinematography and direction was adequate and fair. The story, predictable, however not in the more traditional sense, which is why a 6.8/10 can suffice.This film is not memorable, but it is all right and above board. I would've really just preferred to give it a solid 7/10... But, it's after taste is already fading.