Honeymoon

Honeymoon

Starring Rose Leslie, Harry Treadaway, Ben Huber, Hanna Brown

Directed by Leigh Janiak

Synopsis:
Newlywed couple Bea (Rose Leslie) and Paul (Harry Treadaway) head to the woods for a special honeymoon, staying at a cabin Bea lived in growing up.  At first everything is fine, and the couple are in the middle of wedded bliss.

Then one night Paul wakes up and Bea is gone.  Searching the woods, he finds her naked and without any knowledge of how she got there.  Things get worse when Bea begins forgetting things, acting strangely, and having unexplained marks on her body.  As Paul tries to discover the truth, he learns that the woman he married isn't the woman he's with now.

Review:
"Honeymoon" could have been a fantastic double-meaning film that not only centers on the extraterrestrial outer layers, but also an inner meaning of the fears of marriage and worrying if the person you said you'd spend the rest of your life with is indeed the person you thought you knew.  It could've been a great character study on the fears and insecurities most newly married couples face.

Instead, it's aliens.  Pure and simple, cut and dry, high school production aliens.  No deeper meanings, no allegorical tales, no psychoanalysis needed.  Just aliens.

Sigh.  I had high hopes for the film, and in the end it was just a very slow-burning tale with a speedy ending that leaves a sour taste in the mouth.  Should've expected that.

Summary:
If you watch 80% of the film and turn it off at "that" moment (you'd know it when you saw it), you'd think you saw a great psychological thriller.  Instead, it was just aliens.

My Rating: D+