Double Indemnity

want in a film! An amazing plot! Loved the way the film seamlessly showed all the small details that were required to go into the murder. But small little details overlooked can cause the whole scheme to fall apart. I loved the characters in this film. They played their parts so well. The relationship between Neff and Keyes was my favorite dynamic of the film. It was so powerful how Neff’s best friend was his worst enemy, and I just loved the way we see his actual friend telling, piece by piece, the missing puzzle pieces to the mystery. Such an effective use of cruel irony. Yeah, I think what the film was trying to show us there is that Neff was so in love that he became blind and put himself in a situation where he would have to go against his own friends. And that’s why the cruel irony was so effective, it showed us that thematic element. I also loved Phyllis’s character arc. We go from sympathizing with her in her situation with her husband and stepdaughter to realizing that actually Phyllis was an awful person who was greedy and hateful. It was such a powerful character arc and so effective because when she was working with Neff we sympathize with her, but as soon as the “double indemnity” scheme began to fall apart, her mask was pulled down and her true character was revealed. Just a small critique: I do kind of wish we didn’t have a flashback in the beginning of the film, ’cause I think it would’ve been more effective, as it would have been even more suspenseful if we found out the story as it came along. But again, critique aside, a wonderful film, truly one of a kind, you have to watch this movie.