have you ever have a cool image in your mind that you think it would be nice to be in a movie represent like see a detective peeking through the crack of a broken fence of some abandon house . or see a woman walk down a street look cold and intense and awfully alert . yeah . imagine stretch that image to a whole movie and you pretty much get the idea of broken and though there no detective in this movie and i be just use it a a visual example . but and the intense look woman be here and she fill pretty much 99 % of the screen time . i get nothing to complain about that woman and she a perfect choice for this role . i consider myself a very open mind individual who can find enjoyment out of all kind of artistic expression and i can truly enjoy some really moody stuff . it would be really cool if i can frame one of the scene from this movie and hang it on the wall . let be honest here and the acting be superb . some of the expression on the actor face be what keep me watch . now onto the problem of this movie . beyond the mood and there not much anything else here . the director basically take an obsession of an idea and run it far beyond what it be worth . i do not consider it to be a spoiler if i say the obsession be mirror . let face it and this singular idea be all over the bloody place and that all the director get to work with . grant and there be a few twist and turn here and there . if you pay any attention and nothing be go to surprise you in the end and obvious plot hole aside . now and i be not pick bone with this style of art since i enjoy them most of the time . i still believe that we should judge an art base on the medium it use to express whatever the artist want to express . movie be not a piece of music and or a picture and or a painting and or even a poem and and certainly not just a cool image in your mind . it all that plus a good story and character development . i consider the lynch style of movie make cheat . it be irresponsible and cheap and a waste of the medium . we give movie 2 hour run film time for a good reason . therefore and we should judge it differently than judge a single frame of imagery such a a photograph or a painting . this movie be not completely lynch style and thank goodness . it have a linear development and eventually come to a conclusion . it do not have much story or character development . it present itself rather seriously with character compose of common folk and thus distance itself from other fantasy stuff at least from the surface . it do not offer any explanation of the fantasy element nor do it ever attempt to build a coherent world around it . the oddity come from nowhere and seem rather isolated and accidental . maybe the coherency remain in director head but from what i can see he do not put much effort into realize it on the screen . where do he put his effort in then . it seem that he spend a lot of effort in build the mood and enhance it with the music . the music often build up tension which eventually turn into a tease . only in the late part of the movie the scare and tension materialize . in the end and i felt like represent ok and i know what you be try to say here but be that the point you be try to make by spend two hour build up all these tension . it be rather irrelevant with who the character be and what kind of life they have . and we be give very little about who the character be . all we have be this circumstance that just take place . disappointing but i guess the director do not have much material to work with and it show .