The Netflix summary of Faithfully Yours, a Dutch production set in Belgium, is “using each other as alibis, two friends sneak off to indulge in secret affairs — but their elaborate web of lies unravels when one of them goes missing.”
[Some spoilers follow]
This is yet another Netflix movie featuring a girl boss — or several girl bosses in this instance.
Actress Bracha van Doesburgh plays the main character, and she is the primary reason to put Faithfully Yours in your watchlist be. She carries the entire storyline.
Van Doesburgh brings a tremendous amount of charisma in the role of a family court judge who appears to have some sociopathic tendencies, or at least is a slow learner.
Even with her admirable performance, and the fact that the movie’s run time is only about an hour and a half, you might find yourself hitting the pause button to check how much time is left before the audience learns which toxic male character is at fault.
That there is a few minutes left after the denouement also indicates that another twist follows.
Faithfully Yours could also have benefitted from more character development, which is the reverse of other films that often contain tedious backstories that seem like filler.
Moreover, it features some shoddy, unrealistic, and rush-to-judgment police work, especially in the handling or mishandling of evidence.
Allowing anyone to remain at the crime scene at the unbelievable huge vacation home (as if they would want to) is one example.
Another is that cops seem to be unaware that “the IT guy” might be able to restore deleted files. Also, did anyone think to contact the doctor’s office to verify whether a particular individual was actually treated for an injury?
And as one IMBD user observed, “At a very climactic/important moment, we see that trope we’re now seeing everywhere, where a slim 120-pound woman takes on a solid 200+ pound guy and wins handily.”
Despite the plot holes, and if you’re in the mood for pure mystery/thriller escapism that revolves around one-percenters with first-world problems, the ironically titled Faithfully Yours gets a
Parenthetically, in a non-surprise, “Netflix’s ad-supported tier, which debuted in the U.S. in November, doesn’t have enough subscribers to generate the sizable crowds that blue-chip advertisers demand,” Variety reported.
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