Horror novelist Stephen Grimes has to finish his novel 'The Shadows' in 2 weeks. The problem is he is blocked just after first paragraph. One night on a late night drive, he hits a young man Emett, who happens to have the same last name and rushes him to the hospital. A tentative friendship between the two men erupts into a heated affair. Eventually, Stephen decides to give up his demanding "real life" with Emett and his friends helping. Soon thereafter, Stephen finds out that he has been the patsy in an elaborate con, and looks for the answers in the shadows of his former life. From now on, we don't know where the plot of the film is and what is the plot of the novel he's writing. The film is dynamic, with constant turns-over between the reality of the film and that of the novel.
The plot is wafer thin as mentioned above and the storyline was really hard to follow. The film started dipping down after first 30 minutes. Why does the writer want to give up his identity? why would he transfer all his money to random people?? were those people real or characters of his novel? Is the writer a he or she? Is the love affair between writer and guy or is it love with his own shadow? None of these questions are really answered and it makes viewing very frustrating. The end almost made no sense to me. I will recommend avoiding this film. (2/10)
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