In what appears to be Amazon Studios' answer to the Netflix hit 365 Days, this equally lurid and silly potboiler may be an example of a new sub-genre, the depressing erotic thriller, and whilst skimpy on the latter two elements, The Voyeurs offers plenty to be glum about. An unconvincingly chipper young couple move into a Montreal loft-style apartment (no curtains of course) and become fascinated by the sexual antics of the couple in the opposite building, which leads inevitably to their lives intertwining, obsession, jealousy, infidelity and then takes some very dark turns in the second half. The theme of watching is hammered home bluntly and mercilessly - the naive woman is an ophthalmologist (bizarrely, but crucial to the story) and the predatory young man is a photographer - and even the not-so-surprise big plot twist manages to throw in comment on our careless use of consent in the modern world. The film is let down by the dull writing and unengaging performances (with only Brit Ben Hardy delivering a convincing character as the photographer), although it is quite well shot, and the melodramatic finale brings this daft and messy story to a suitably eye-rolling conclusion,
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