There are twists upon twists upon twists in this French thriller – perhaps one or two twists too many. Hitchcock and (more country appropriate) Henri Georges-Clouzot are both evoked in this tale of a pediatrician (Francois Cluzet) who is struggling to recover from his wife’s murder years earlier. When new evidence is found, he is implicated in the crime. More disturbing is the fact that she appears to be e-mailing him from beyond the grave. The picture is interesting, if never quite gripping, partly because continual evasions keep you distanced from the story. It’s based on a book by Harlan Coben, and one gets the feeling that the many subplots and loose ends may be better interwoven there.
