The Tutor

The plot is highly unlikely and it meanders quite a bit. Victoria Justice is absolutely lovely in this. Garrett Hedlund was really good in the role. Noah Schnapp fits the unlikable little sociopath a little too well. The story is engaging throughout, but upon reflection, the reality of it was wholly unconvincing. It has a very nice and rather unexpected twisty final chapter. However, I dislike stories that leave the ending dangling like this one did.

The first half was decent and then the writing fell off a cliff. It felt like the movie was trying to gaslight me. Hedlund was solid, but my goodness that creative decision to shave in that faux-receding hairline? Distracting throughout. There's a big plot point just after halfway that completely changes the tone and then there's just absurd plot hole after plot hole and some of the dialogue made me want to bang my head into a wall. E.g. "I was in a lake!" "Why is your hair wet?" 3.1

Watchable.