5/10
Good acting, but that's it
5 September 2011
Warning: Spoilers
There are a lot of movies with dysfunctional people. "Good Neighbors" has three of them, and they aren't very fun to watch. Victor doesn't know when to stop talking, and I cringed at every line. Spencer has a weird, poorly explained sadistic streak, possibly linked to his paralyzed legs. Louise has trouble interacting with other people, but she gets along great with her cats. I was sort of reminded of "No Exit," the play where three people with incompatible personalities are trapped in hell, where they proceed to torture each other.

It's not a spoiler to say that one of them is a serial killer. The movie's summary gives that much away. I won't go into detail, but the fact that the movie suggests that one character is not the killer makes it all the more likely that that character is the killer. The red herrings are so obvious that they end up hurting the movie.

This is advertised as a black comedy, but I doubt anyone will laugh very much.

The best that can be said is that the acting is good from all three leads. It's not an amateurish movie, but also not a very good one.
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