A young girl arrives at the home of her late boyfriend and proceeds to tell his family that she is pregnant with his child even though he has passed away over five years earlier. So begins Strange But True. Mixing elements of a detective yarn with hints of the super natural yields a slowly unraveling story.
Told in a non-linear manner, as more details are revealed you experience a shifting of focus and the way you relate to the characters and their actions. There is darkness in the hearts of men that informs the actions of some.
Film adaptations of novels, in this case the book of the same name by author John Searles, are always fraught with risk. Readers often form their own internal imagery and it’s almost always the more vivid version. This screen edition will most likely divide those devotees.
Using the slow build technique to keep the audience on the edge of their seat until the final resolve only works if the end delivers the goods. When the final reel of Strange But True plays out and puts all the pieces together in one place, those pieces just might fit too easily together.
Rob Hudson
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