"The Forever Room" involves Claire, a woman (Samantha Valletta) who is being held hostage in a basement by Helen, who turned out to be her Mother (played by writer/producer Vickie Hicks). Helen continually tells Claire information about her background and that she is being held there because she killed people, a claim that Claire categorically denies. Is Helen right and she is holding Claire there for her own good because she's unstable? Or is Helen the unstable one, hold an innocent woman against her will?
"The Forever Room" has a lot going for it -- Samantha Valletta gives a powerful performance as Claire, making her a more complex character than you might expect. It's claustophobic and creepy and suspenseful as we watch Claire try to deal with what could be memories or could just be reaction to her ordeal. The biggest problem is that given what we see, there really is only one possible answer to the "Is she or isn't she?" question, and so as we watch things unfold, we're sort of just waiting for the inevitable. But the details are a nice surprise, and I like the fact that the movie goes all-in and fully explains what happened, whereas too many films these days cop out and leave the ending ambiguous. And the movie does have a couple of surprises in store, and the fact that you might be able to figure it out it advance just sort of shows that it actually fits in with the events of the movie.
Nothing earth-shattering here, but a pretty solid thumbs-up from me. Worth checking out.
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