Not a murder mystery, but kinda sorta like one because a woman's life is missing from her memory due to a severe physical trauma she suffered years ago. She wakes up every morning with no memories, wondering who the man in bed is beside her, then starts finding clues that they are married. Pictures and post-it notes, things like that to help her understand who she is. Then he explains that he's her husband, and she was in an accident that caused her memory loss. Then she gets a phone call from a doctor who says he's been treating her lately, and tells her to get a camera out of the closet where she has been recording stuff each day lately. Going through the days, one after another starting the same, she starts to build up her own set of clues with the camera, and flashes of memory start coming that have something to do with an assault, and she begins to doubt the man she wakes up with each morning is her husband. But then, who is he? More clues accumulate including evidence of a son, who he says died at age 8 (so this guy must be her husband after all), and an old college friend she is told does not want to have any more contact with her, along with all the other family and friends who have abandoned her due to her memory loss and the strains it has placed on all of them. I'm sure other reviewers can point out the plot contradictions and inconsistencies, but why? It's a fun movie, kinda Hitchcockian with its twists and surprises. Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman do their usual superb jobs of conveying and communicating their characters, not just playing the roles. I'd watch this movie again at matinée discount prices.
Review of Before I Go to Sleep
