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This Tempting Madness review
Pleasingly potboilerish tale of a woman trying to make sense of a traumatic fall that left her comatose slightly loses track of its toxic mind games
TL;DR
- Mia wakes from a coma with memory loss after a fall from a building, unsure if her husband, Jake, pushed her.
- Mia's family, led by her brother Ajay, urges her to leave Jake, but she hesitates due to guilt and his past paranoia.
- The film explores themes of gaslighting, toxic co-dependency, and cycles of abuse.
- Director Jennifer E. Montgomery uses visual elements to suggest a cycle of abuse that needs to be broken.
- The film is plot-driven but sometimes loses grip on Mia's inner state and motivations.
- The ending is described as jarringly rough, and some characters, like Ajay, feel underused.