The film, based on Charlotte Northedge's novel, follows Jess, a charity fundraiser who relocates from east London to a rundown country house in Suffolk with her husband, Pete. This move is intended as a fresh start, but Jess wrestles with her identity amid marital strife and her motherhood. As they encounter problems renovating the house—beginning with the poisonous Japanese knotweed—they discover the home harbors deeper secrets. The locals are unfriendly, and Jess' solitary venture into new friendships raises tension, although the film struggles with predictability and ultimately flounders in its conclusion.
This slowburn psychological thriller has come up with an interesting slant on the house-with-a-terrible-secret storyline.
It's an efficient thriller, with a good idea up its sleeve, but the ending is somewhat fumbled.
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