“Before I Go to Sleep” was no exception, except this was the first time I had watched a movie before reading the book, which in the end turned out to be a better choice. I like watching movies made from books, it’s exciting seeing books come to life. I had to read the book as soon as possible. It was the movie made from the book I had randomly bought three years before! So naturally, I watched the movie. I thought it was a weird coincidence until I read the description. A movie came up called, “Before I Go to Sleep”.

I was looking for something to watch on Netflix one day, and I was looking through my favorite category, the thriller section.

Fast forward three years and I still hadn’t read more than 20 pages of the book and it was quietly sitting with the rest of the half read books on my bookshelf. It looked interesting, and it was on sale, so I bought it. I came across the clearance section and picked up a random book that was strewn about. Christine begins working with a doctor (Strong) who believes he can help restore her lost memories.A few years ago, I was wandering the isles of Barnes and Noble, not looking for anything in particular. Every day she feels she is meeting her husband (Firth) for the first time. SYNOPSIS: Christine suffers from amnesia, waking up each day with no memory of the day before, or of the last twenty years. A persistent score keeps emotions and tension running high while nebulous titles and grainy video footage evoke the faded and partial memories so crucial to the secret-ridden narrative.ĬAST: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong There are a couple of cheesy missteps, but like Joffe’s Brighton Rock (2010), Before I Go To Sleep is a stylish affair. Playing opposite her, Firth, never further from the bumbling leading man, more than holds his own. In what’s almost a two-hander Kidman sucks the audience into Christine’s fear from the striking opening shot, convincing and mesmerising with her every blink and muscular twitch. One clever alteration spares viewers from tedious scenes of protagonist Christine (Kidman)’s journal writing, though there’s fitting repetition to make her amnesia credible. Joffe’s adaptation retains the premise of Watson’s novel yet recalibrates elements of the plot to keep even those who’ve read it (all four million of them) on the edge of their seats.

Before i go to sleep by sj watson