Review of The Ledge (2011) by Ana B — 18 Mar 2013

Half way between thriller and drama, this movie tell us the story of Gavin, a man about to jump from a ledge of a tall building; he did lead a regular life until his pretty and newly arrived neighbour applied for a chambermaid job in the hotel where he works. Unwittingly he is drawn to her, unfortunately she is married to a religiously creepy man that soon enough starts to suspect their affair.

There is a subplot, Gavin tells his story to the policeman in charge of trying to talk him out of suicide in long flashbacks, and, at the same time, we learn that the officer's marriage is in a deep crisis after finding out that he is not the biological father of his kids. It is an acid reflection of what we are capable of doing when we are deeply hurt and when we love.

It is an entertaining thriller, where you keep wondering if he will jump or not . I didn't see a moral lesson, it is more a cluster of bad choices in a collision course, nothing can stop the unfolding drama and that makes it amazingly uncomfortable to watch at times. There is nothing excitingly new about the film but it is engrossing and well made, with believable performances and an end that isn't predictable.