There are whispers of a backstory, but they’re hidden behind closed doors, and never given the chance to mature beyond being bullied and browbeaten by John. John is a cartoonishly frantic and deranged man, who seems entirely detached from reality, while Rose is just his Vanna Whitein a red dress, whose motives are largely unknown to the audience. With a runtime of around ninety-eight minutes, Crumb Catcher doesn’t have a lot of time to develop its characters beyond the bare necessities. If it had, perhaps it would’ve given both Shane and Leah stronger motivations in the final act, rather than delivering a rather flat reveal. Shane seems remorseful for it, as though he sought out Rose on his wedding night, but at the same time he appears wasted in the video-and since Rose was the bartender, it seems to suggest he was actually assaulted, which the film never addresses. Crumb Catcher leaves it rather ambiguous as to whether or not Shane was coerced into the situation that provided Rose with ample blackmail to leverage against the newlyweds. John’s sales pitch almost rivals some of the more anxiety-inducing scenes in The Menu, complete with a dinner from hell and a madman with a gun.Īside from plot decisions that will leave audiences screaming at the characters to “LOCK THE DOOR!” there are other issues with the script that might leave them unsettled for all of the wrong reasons. What’s worse than a home invasion? A boundary-crossing salesman trying to bully $50,000 out of the homeowner’s bank account to bankroll their useless invention: The Crumb Catcher. He tracks them down to the remote house that Leah’s editor has gifted to them for their honeymoon, strong-arms his way inside with his partner-in-crime Rose ( Lorraine Ferris), and turns their honeymoon into all-out hell. After a wedding cake mix-up during their wedding that neither Leah nor Shane seem entirely bothered about, John makes it his life’s mission to make it right-for his own, psychotic reasons. At least, that is right up until the moment John ( John Speredakos) steps into the picture. There’s tension between the couple, a hint of underlying money troubles, and a taste for liquor, but beyond that, it feels like a slice-of-life drama, not a home invasion thriller. With the first few scenes of the film, it’s nearly impossible to discern what direction Crumb Catcher is headed.
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