5.9
A young affluent couple expecting their first child hits it off with the new couple that moves in downstairs, until a dinner party between them ends in a shocking accident.
Stephen Campbell Moore
Justin
Clémence Poésy
Kate
David Morrissey
Jon
Laura Birn
Theresa
Deborah Findlay
Tessa
Jonathan Harden
Mark
Tuyen Do
Allergy Doctor
Laila Alj
Sonographer
Christos Lawton
Phil
Stephanie Jacob
Registrar
Natasha Alderslade
Babyshower Woman (uncredited)
Anna Madeley
Abi
Sarah Malin
Sonographer 12 Weeks
Daniel Easton
Kate's Colleague
Franc Ashman
Indhu
Sam Pamphilon
Tom
Elliot Mills
Baby Billy
Joseph Mills
Baby Billy
Director, Writer
David Farr
June 2, 2024
6
This might have worked a little better had there been just a little more effort put into the characterisations. As it is, it's all a rather predictable drama that sees two couples living above each other in apartments in a converted house. Both are expecting a child, but when an accident robs one couple of that joyous event, rancour looms and the story takes a much darker turn as an unconvincing truce breaks out with a pretty obvious agenda. The story itself is all rather weakly delivered as the relationship between Clémence Poésy and Stephen Campbell Moore and their downstairs neighbours Laura Birn and the sparingly featured David Morrissey plays out in a none-too-plausible, indeed actually quite flawed, fashion. I think it might work better with the added intensity of a stage performance, but here it's a film that leaves too much to our own imagination to fill in the plentiful gaps in the underwhelming screenplay. It's just a bit too lightweight for the topic, sorry.