A scammer movie with a horror vibe. The main character is a traumatized and messed up young woman who's concocted a vile lie in order to profit financially and socially. Her dad doesn't believe her, calls her out and she has to go to desperate lengths to convince everyone she's telling the truth. She is awful. We see not quite enough background to understand why. I would have liked a little more about what makes her tick. As it is she's not really sympathetic but she is fascinating. (Why do so many audience reviewers think characters have to be likable or sympathetic? I like characters to be terrible people sometimes.)
The horror to me is the prospect of what she's gotten herself into. Events near the end of the movie show her getting help from scary people who will collect on her debt (in money and presumably beyond; note her driver's warning tone when he leaves her at the "doctor").
By pulling off her con one more day she is digging herself into a deeper more dangerous hole that could very well have the same outcome as terminal cancer. This is what the father feared and why he tried to stop her. So while the ending is too abrupt for some, it also leaves you imagining what her future will look like ... dreadful.
The horror to me is the prospect of what she's gotten herself into. Events near the end of the movie show her getting help from scary people who will collect on her debt (in money and presumably beyond; note her driver's warning tone when he leaves her at the "doctor").
By pulling off her con one more day she is digging herself into a deeper more dangerous hole that could very well have the same outcome as terminal cancer. This is what the father feared and why he tried to stop her. So while the ending is too abrupt for some, it also leaves you imagining what her future will look like ... dreadful.