Complete Unknown Reviews

Since the ratings were rather low for this movie, I didn’t have some really high expectations but since there was a decent cast involved, I thought I might as well check it out anyway. Well, to be honest, it has been a while since I have seen something so weak starring either Rachel Weisz or Michael Shannon. That the damned thing was directed by the same guy who delivered the impressive ‘Maria Full of Grace’ was even more surprising. At first, you might be wondering what the hell was going on with these really random scenes starring Weisz but the damned thing turned out to be some kind of half-baked version of ‘Catch Me If You Can’, except that they went for an approach which was much more pretentious and much less entertaining, I’m afraid. Seriously, the whole concept was never convincing. I mean, this woman had apparently 9 different jobs in 15 years which means that she spent less than 2 years performing any of these jobs but it was rather ridiculous. In ‘Catch Me If You Can’, Frank Abagnale Jr. was maybe a master con artist but he always ‘pretended’ to perform all these jobs. In this case, she managed to be an actual doctor and later on a biologist when this kind of jobs requires years of studies and experience. To make things worse, her agenda was just so opaque. Why did she look up her old boyfriend after all these years? Because she felt lonely? His reaction was also rather underwhelming. I mean, Shannon is a fine actor but his constant wooden look was the wrong fit for this character. On top of that, after it took him forever to finally confront her, he then somehow became fascinated with her whole ‘way of life’ which was rather bewildering. Anyway, to conclude, even though there were a couple of interesting ideas, most of it didn’t work at all and the damned thing is not really worth a look, I’m afraid.