I watched this film because I have a passion for cinematography. Roger Deakins was the Director of Photography and indeed, it was beautifully filmed. It is a film which has been highly praised for lighting and photography and I can see why. Sadly, the plot is awful. Jake Gyllenhaal plays the one man investigation team, the whole time wearing a shirt with the top button done up but no tie, as if he himself has just been released from a psychiatric ward. Plot, fairly predictable. Unfortunately the film plays into so many stereotypes about child abduction that it is just a parody. The only thing that made me watch it all the way through was the superb cinematography.