IMDb plot summary: Neil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
Directed by Michel Franco. Starring Tim Roth, Albertine Kotting McMillan, and Samuel Bottomley.
Sundown tells the story of a man vacationing in Mexico with his sister and her children. When he and his sister learn that their mother has died, they immediately make plans to return, but the man pretends he has lost his passport so he can continue on his vacation. Tim Roth plays the main character here, and he plays it so interestingly, without even an inkling as to what purpose or motivation he might have. We see him enjoying his time and lying to his sister about the difficulties of replacing his passport in a foreign country, and we can't figure out whether he's selfish or hurting or running from something or some entirely different explanation. The film spends most of its time on this part of the story and then goes in two unexpected directions at the end that I'm not convinced add much to the narrative, especially since they're such a drastic departure from the laidback tone of the rest of the movie. Overall, despite an interesting concept and some good performances, the film doesn't quite gel for me, particularly in how it chooses to end.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Sundown > Fahrenheit 451
Sundown < The Black Cat
Sundown < The River Wild
Sundown > Source Code
Sundown > The Recruit
Sundown < Wristcutters: A Love Story
Sundown > Toy Story 2
Sundown < Blazing Saddles
Sundown > Were the World Mine
Sundown < The Crying Game
Sundown > Albert Nobbs
Final spot: #1420 out of 3588, or 60%.
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