[Confession]Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Here is the synopsis of the movie:
Elizabeth Kloepfer refused for years to acknowledge that her boyfriend was a serial killer. Her partner, Ted Bundy, became famous in the 1980s for committing several heinous crimes against women, despite her disbelief, who watched passively as the murders were unleashed from a very unique perspective.
Been intrigued for sometime after an uproar of a charming real-life Serial Killer Ted Bundy in the 70s came about. Zac Efron, playing the lead role, made me more interested than the movie ever intended.
The movie purports to tell Bundy's story through the eyes of Liz Kendall (Lily Collins), his longtime girlfriend and a single mother who met him in 1969 on a rare night out. In most of the serial killer movies I've watched, none have tried so hard to make us feel sympathetic about a man who murdered more than 30 women in this movie. The performances are great, and the film tries to do something new with the serial killer genre. The movie clearly attempted to portray Ted Bundy in the way Liz and the rest of the world see him -- in the way he fooled everyone. Zac Efrom effortlessly takes on the role of Bundy like he was born to play him, assuming his mannerisms perfectly, and at times can even fool you into thinking you're watching the real deal. It's truly chilling. Especially how he had confessed to Liz in the later part.
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile has some interesting ideas about how little we know about the people we love, and about the power of a charming, smooth talker into confusing the Americans of that time. But no matter how good Zac Efron's performance as Ted Bundy is, this is the tamest way to explore such a complex and interesting story. The storyteller's approach is too soft to truly convey any greater idea or deeper truth hidden underneath the film and what truly happened years before.
My Rating:
Plot: 7.9/10
Acting: 9.8/10
Cinematography: 7.0/10
Characters: 8.5/10
Uniqueness: 8.0/10
OVERALL RATING: 8.2