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Pretty good, with a few problems in editing


Some scenes felt like they were missing here and there, for example at the end when the writer is reading a note to her boss we seem to hear about issues that were never really made clear earlier.

Or at one point the writer is insisting on a trip north. Why is she the one doing that? It would seem more natural for the main character to be saying that. It's as if there earlier had been a scene more like that, but it was probably cut for time.

Similarly, early on there seem to be a few scenes that are kind of out of order in tone. At one point the relationship between main character and writer is pretty good, but then there's a scene where it goes back to what it was like in the earlier, more tenuous time.

I suppose they shot too much film on this one and were forced to edit it down fairly severely.

Even so, there are still a few scenes early on that are slow moving and kind of sleep inducing because we already can tell what's going to happen in them.

But enjoyed the film quite a bit nevertheless. Even though the main character's interaction with her old firm is a bit puzzling and the motivation for doing what she does to them puzzling as well. It's hardly mature and she doesn't really get anything out of it.

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