Mortal Thoughts

Mortal Thoughts is a rather unexciting crime story that begins with the ending. Cynthia Kellogg is questioned by two police detectives about the circumstances surrounding the murder of James Urbanski, the brutal and burdensome husband of her friend and business partner Joyce.

The film is built up of flashbacks that make up Cynthia's account of how Joyce accidentally killed her husband, and how Cynthia helped her friend hide the truth and avoid a certain prison sentence. Cynthia's account naturally turns out not to be entirely true, something Detective Woods has also got wind of, but no great surprises lie in store. There are a couple of small twists along the way, but otherwise Mortal Thoughts is predictably and unexcitingly told. The film failed to make one genuinely engage with the characters' fates, which is essential for any story.