Parents' Guide to It's Not Over

Unfortunately, this is a bad take on the romance thriller. Nothing new or surprising happens in It's Not Over, and there are more than a few cringey moments, either because of the acting or the writing or both. For example, characters say things like, "I wanted to leave him, but not like this." Mostly, though, this film makes odd choices. Right from the start it strikes a dramatically serious tone, with a woman in an abusive relationship. But soon the story devolves into some kind of potentially supernatural situation, focusing on a completely different character, Max's father, Frank. It's odd to even make Max part of the story once the film makes this switch of focus to Frank. It's also weird to go in this supernatural direction only partially.

If this film revolved around purely a supernatural haunting/revenge theme, then it might have been a much clearer, focused, and understandable movie. Many illogical sequences and scenes don't help. There are odd cuts and transitions between story beats, and characters say strange things in response to normal dialogue. When the "visions" or "ghostly" appearances start happening, it's extremely unclear as to what this film wants the viewer to feel. Should we feel sympathy for this character? Are we supposed to be happy that she's freaking out? Neither of these happen. The final third of the movie is confusing, absurd, disjointed, unearned, and sometimes unintentionally funny.