I’m so used to seeing Keira Knightley in period roles, it almost feels weird to see her play a modern day journalist who writes pieces of impact for her magazine. ‘The Woman in Cabin 10’ begins by introducing Knightley as Laura Blacklock, a sophisticated journalist who has just created some journalistic masterpiece and is recovering from the demanding experience of it. She decides to go on a cruise that was work and a holiday at the same time, where the mysterious plot of the woman in cabin 10 unfolds.
Laura is a rather restless woman. It feels like she’s looking for something to consume her at all times because there’s some reason she can’t really sit with herself. I cannot decide if this is an idea that the film makers intended to convey, or it was just Keira’s acting that did it somehow. But it ends up being a positive thing because she gets herself entangled in the dramatic unfolding of a scandal designed by a rich man on the yacht. Now I obviously won’t reveal the storyline but I will say that it was intriguing, and Laura having to figure it out all alone while being surrounded by rich hawks made it more intense and interesting. However, the climax wasn’t as satisfying as it could have been and seemed a little too simple compared to the journey of arriving at it.
All the same, The Woman in Cabin 10 is a worthwhile mystery movie intensified by the cinematography of the film more than anything else. The entire film takes place in a luxury yacht except for a couple of scenes and the aesthetics of it are pretty cool. But the characters are rather boring and lack any depth other than Keira’s so the whole experience might as well be considered lackluster. I would recommend watching it for the plot, which is apparently based on a book; but there’s not much else to talk about.
I Think Keira Knightley”couldn’t act her way out of a paper bag”