Marc Turtletaub directs Kelly Macdonald, Irfan Kahn and David Denman in this New York drama about a timid housewife who discovers she has a knack for completing jigsaws at speed and a rapport with a millionaire looking for a partner in a puzzling competition. 

A nice film battling against its own inherent softness. One that flirts with being a romance and a serious drama and a metaphor for religion but seems most comfy when being a domestic character study. For example when we finally get around to the big competition it is underplayed and feels like an inconsequential forgone conclusion rather than an exciting set piece. Macdonald is strong but the conflicting narrative pieces around her don’t really fit together and you are left struggling to make out the big picture from the obtuse end shot. Brave for a slight story to aim be unresolved and unpredictable but not really better for this approach.

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