Typical plot elements for this type of crime: a teacher (older male of course) supposedly has an affair or two w/his female students. It turns out, to make the viewer question his guilt, there was supposed to have been a similar incident years before resulting in he and his family moving to another teaching position. A female ends of missing and presumed dead at a location where our teacher has visited. So, we viewers our fed lots of sketchy, inconsistent, contradictory scenes for the rest of the movie as we are suppose to make our decision on his guilt. Unfortunately, despite the adequate acting out of the boringly very stereotypical roles (e.g. the teacher, the cop, the family, the missing "high school cheerleader") it all just seemed muddled. Forgettable film.

This movie -as most of movies based on books or novels- tends to have a lot of philosophy between its layers, and the main questions this movie emphasised on are, What is the truth ? Is it subjective or Objective ? Is it what really happened ? or Is it our interpretation of what happened ?The good thing is that you will be given a way to follow after watching this movie regarding the previous questions, but that philosophical point of view didn't ruin the watching experience but it enhanced it by adding to the thrill and suspense that will not end till the credits.The movie has a great team such as "Pierce Bronson" which i believe he did his lowest roles in the movie but that doesn't mean he wasn't good, in addition to "Guy Pearce" who played his role really well, and "Odeya Rush" the younger version of "Mila Kunis" has beautiful eyes and smile and i would like to see her more on the screen. But i felt "Minnie Driver" didn't add a soul to the role by her expression-less face.At the end, it's a good psychological drama movie that you can enjoy watching at home not at the theaters of course, you can catch some nice quotes out of it, and it will keep you focused till the end so no space to feel bored here.

Kind of psychological thought ,, but it's new in the story teller for an teacher problem with their student when they facing some sexual diorsder

What a waste of time! I watched the whole movie to see how or who killed the girl and nothing was revealed in the end! it was so disappointing to know nothing! I was lucky that I drank good wine with the movie that make it a little bit less crappy! I give it 3 stars for the effort! 2 stars because Pierce Brosnan didn't sing like he did in mamma Mia! So now you know the end, enjoy watching this movie! Ideal if you have too much time!