Christine Lucas (Nicole Kidman) not only wakes up every day
with no memory of the events of the previous day but she also wakes up alongside
Colin Firth. Yes the girl has problems. Just when she’d thought she’s got
over the Railway Man, here he is again.
Every morning she looks across at Firth, looks confused and
maybe a bit pissed off before heading off to the bathroom where she is confronted
with a wall of photographs. These are of herself and of herself with Ben
(Firth) including several of their wedding.
Back in the bedroom, Ben confirms the whole horrible truth.
Yes, she is married to Firth, again, and what’s worse is she can’t even remember
doing it.
Well actually it’s worse than that, she has no recollection
of the last twenty years. Which might appeal to some people but does seem a bit
inconvenient.
Ben goes on to explain that she’d had an accident and can now
no longer retain memories, then he buggers off to work and her doctor (Mark
Strong) rings her. He tells her that she has been recording herself on a
video camera to help remember things. Each day she’ll start to piece things
together until it's time for bed again... and they’ll all be gone again.
Problem is he has to tell her where she’s hidden it. This
incident, hiding the camera from her husband, sort of gives the plot twist away
in the first ten minutes and undermines what is to come.
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Her doctor gradually helps her unravel the mental mist and
she also meets up with an old college friend Claire (Anne-Marie Duff) who
disappeared from her life under somewhat dubious circumstances as the films
builds to a somewhat grisly finale.
It's an odd but quite good film with a lot of ‘hang on
but...’ moments. The overall premise is intriguing but ultimately once
you’ve grasped that the film on the whole disappoints and peters out at the
end. Kidman is again excellent though, Strong is good and Firth is, well, Firth.
Probably a bit out of his comfort zone to be honest but he copes well enough.
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