Review of The One I Love (2014) by Mark A — 01 Jan 2015

Elizabeth Moss and Mark Duplass star in dual roles in this mind-bending film about a couple sent to a luxurious mountain retreat to try to rekindle the spark that has gone out of their marriage. They quickly find themselves drawn into a mystery where they each encounter the marriage partner of their dreams, but what is really going on? One of them wants to believe, while the other suspects something sinister.

This requires a high level of suspension of disbelief, but if you can manage it, there are enough, not exactly twists, but missing guideposts that will keep the viewer curious to know what is really going on.

Is it an illusion? Some sort of alien psychological test? Or is it something far more devious. The "tells" are there, if you know what to look for, but they are subtle, very subtle, and only made sense to this viewer after it was over.

But then, I never was much of a poker player.