Struggling young lovers, Tom and Eve, must endure a 30-day scientific experiment. Room, board, $50,000 and a month alone together in research facility housing. What could possibly go wrong.
Pam says: This film has all the earmarks of a “Twilight Zone” story, but just never finds the right pacing and a final act that is worthy of an eye-roll or two.
Tom (Jim Schubin) and Eve (Chloe Carroll) are confident in the strength of their new love, but this naive young couple isn’t surviving financially thanks to Tom’s inability to complete his novel. The $50k is their ultimate goal and all they need to do is be together in a posh home for a few months. Reality is blurred as Eve becomes confused, questioning the program, and unsure of whether or not she really knows her husband. It’s an intriguing concept delving into relationships, interference, and paranoia with the ultimate goal, Eve is reassured, t0 define love and why that “honeymoon phase” wanes.
It’s a dark look at manipulation as this science fiction story unfolds, but the film sputters in the middle with too much repetition and not enough development. As the premise is quite intriguing, I could forgive it, to some extent, its pacing, but the final act pulls the plug on credibility with an ending that raises more questions than the plot deserves.
