Angela is an extreme rendering of a wife buried beneath mental illness and the psychological labor of her relationship. While it would be hard to fully blame her husband for her devolving condition, certainly his loving attention might have turned this story on its head.
Instead, Angela breaks and she breaks hard. His idea of sex is thrusting away while Angela looks bored, or worse, pained. Until a precipice is reached, he is controlling but not wholly abusive; his greatest sin is willful neglect of his young wife. This subtlety is important to the role, and Ashbrook toes the line beautifully.
He is convincing as a well-to-do businessman with casual disregard for his wife and daughter. Restraint authors a story that is carefully crafted filmed and depicted with a lovely attention to detail, but a story that will leave viewers emotionally raw. In this manner, the film is a bridge between classic concepts in literature and modern-day horrors, one that proves that some themes are truly timeless. There were elements to the film that were rather interesting, just a shame that the script and storyline proved to be so slow paced, because that really deflated the rest of the movie, as it suffered from a stunted and hindered progression.
Adam Cushman. Top credits Director Adam Cushman. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 4. Add image. Top cast Edit. John Hensley Rob as Rob. Christopher Clay Jones Therapist as Therapist. Philip T. Nails Salesman as Salesman. Kalpesh Patel Doctor as Doctor. More like this. Restraint should have had more excess. So it just sits there, not quite gelling, structurally or thematically. Restraint Written and Directed by Adam Cushman. Your email address will not be published.
Middleton as Mr. Nate Jones Tim as Tim. Alyssa McClelland Gabrielle as Gabrielle. Patrick Ward Andrew's father as Andrew's father. Fabio Nardo Joey's dead body as Joey's dead body.
David Denneen. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A small time criminal, Ron, has killed the boss of his girlfriend and they are escaping from the police. After killing a gas station attendant, Ron drives to an old manor in the middle of nowhere where Andrew, an agoraphobic, lives, in order to exchange their car.
When he notes that Andrew is a wealthy man, Ron decides to get money from Andrew to travel to Thailand. But things do not go according to plan. Rated R for violence, sexual content and language. Did you know Edit. Trivia First nude scenes and sex scenes in a feature film of Australian actress Teresa Palmer. Goofs When Ronald's girlfriend gets up at the breakfast table, and tousles his hair, Ronald is holding a glass of milk in his right hand.
There's a cut to a wide shot, and Ronald is not holding the milk. There's not enough time for him to have put it down. Quotes Dale : [as he avoids looking at her body] Grow up, Andy.
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