I was really shocked by how much I loved this movie. I am a new fan of Jason Clarke so I'm watching all his films and this movie came out of nowhere. Jason Clarke is just delicious in this movie, he's an amazingly talented actor and hits all the emotional highs and lows. Plays the part of corporate big shot just as perfectly as the broken son. Paz Vega is the definition of a Bombshell in every sense. Stunning doesn't do her justice and if the movie couldn't be anymore well casted, Idris Elba....BOOM. With all that good there has to be something bad, Jada Pinkett-Smith. Stay behind the camera where you belong. She wrote an amazing movie, casted it to the max and ruined it by being in the movie with a useless storyline. But anyways, I really liked it and recommend it to anyone for a good dark drama. I had no idea how it was going to play out, could have run the mill like the rest but it went in a different refreshing direction.

OK, I read all the reviews, I don't understand why people can be so dumb to understand this movie. It is as simple as it can get. The only thing that you have to do is to connect dots. 1. In the beginning of the movie, during the sex he throws up. He gets in the bathroom and looks at himself and punches the mirror. 2. He does not let any one to get in his secret room. 3. He is angry all the time like there is something very big or a big secret in his life is really bothering him. 4. He takes his girlfriend to his mom's house but his mom and him never get along. 5. Towards the end of the movie, his mom his shown committing a suicide and he saves her life. 6. His girlfriend tries to get him to face facts in his life, and makes him realize why he has never had a good relationship with any woman. 7. In the beginning of the movie, his mom asks him to paint the room but he refuses to paint the room. but at the end of the movie he paints the room and confronts his mom about the past. his mom blames him for saving her life. 8. Why does all this happen? because he had a sexual relationship with his mom when he was a kid, and in the beginning of the movie the sound of the woman during the sex, reminds him of a sexual act with his mom.Alright I guess everyone got an idea what this movie is all about, i am surprise that no one has captured the whole picture and complaining about the movie being bored, with no plot, and waste of time and emotions.

This intense drama seemed very carefully crafted. Involving the past, the present and the future, the individuals in the movie capture some of the human foibles but suggest a better future. The idea of having a human contract indicates that we can be alone and together with others - most intensely in relationships but also with our work, our family and our time. The primary characters are at the peak of power and living a stylish lifestyle and sexuality needs to be dealt with. The movie does not prescribe but lets the audience draw conclusions. Thinking about the issues of life, sexuality and mortality, the director points the audience into the dark corners but does not do the thinking for the audience. Some will feel deeply uncomfortable as there are no answers. If the film makes you uncomfortable, that might be the point. Or you can feel comfortable with the ambiguity and draw your own conclusions. Great camera work, well casted, intensely acted. The ideas posed that one can control one's own destiny, pick a different path, go to the greatness within. Jealousy, rage, passion, enlightened thought, different choices all thrown in a jumbled salad that I truly enjoyed.

To say the director didn't accomplish a strong message would be silly of one to say. The human contract put in frame the cultural thinking of the United States. Those who are already conformed to these thoughts will not appreciate the simplicity of this film. Yes, the dark room stands for the secrets that one holds locked away, and the disconnect from family members and own feelings. The main message was to characterize the stereotypes of America; straight 9-5 job, relationships and marriage, and the imbalance of family. Ever so often a individual is able to look pass these conservative thoughts, and become truly satisfied with themselves and content with the pain and suffering of their own past.The writes/directors goal isn't to tell you what's going on,whats happening, and what happened. It's to lead the audience with an open mind to discover their open opinions and thoughts, which bring more life to the characters that could ever be written.