The Two Faces of January - 2014 - 6/10
Sleeper, psychological thriller / mystery based on Patricia Highsmith work.
If you know this particular author, you expect unpleasantness.
Circa mid-60's. Cheap hustler working female tourists in Athens, encounters a pair of fellow Americans.
Married couple, who are con artists and scammers on a higher level.
The college kid is drifting around, they are on the run.
They begin helping / using each other, each maneuvering for advantage.
Glamorous period clothes, especially appealing on Dunst.
Rugged, rock strewn scenery throughout Greece and Crete underscore the moral bleakness.
No likeable characters in seedy, on-the-run story.
