The Stranger in Our Bed, A Film Movie Review

The Stranger in Our Bed is a book-to-movie production originally written by my friend Samantha Lee Howe. She lives in England so I have observed from afar as the story progressed from getting the book published to the movie being produced. I didn’t know if I’d be able to see the movie here in the US, so when I saw it listed on Showtime, I put it on my list of movies to watch.

After a particularly long day, I decided it was time to watch.

My Impressions of The Stranger in Our Bed

I had no preconceptions about the movie plot itself since I hadn’t read the book, but I did anticipate it would be good since I know Samantha is an excellent writer.

The brief synopsis: A woman having an affair makes the decision to leave her husband for love. Simple enough, yet that’s where everything gets complicated.

And as I watched, this mystery-thriller kept me guessing. The Stranger in Our Bed is set in England and largely at an old family estate in the countryside. I felt both of these lend a layer of mystery to the film. And, from the beginning, I could feel a powerful tension weaving throughout the story line. 

I love complicated characters, so though the characters are few, I was fascinated as I watched the layers being added to each of them and the story as the film unfolded.

There were twists and turns, even a few things I instinctively knew, yet there were surprises along the way, too. I loved that there were things throughout the movie that kept me connecting the dots, and things that gave more understanding and depth, which had me saying to myself, “Ah, I see now.” I love those kinds of movie treasures.

This was a thoroughly enjoyable movie that happily met my need to unwind after a grueling day. It also made me realize that my day wasn’t that hard, comparatively.

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Cyndi Lublink

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Cyndi (she/her) is the mama of two grown children and Oma to eight grandchildren, all of whom she adores. She’s a biker chick with a lady’s heart and thirty-nine tattoos that tell some of her life story. Not just a cancer survivor, she’s a life thriver. She also loves painting, and finds the process similar to solving math equations. She has been a writer/poet since the age of nine, her first poem being about God’s Hands. She wrote for Christian Biker Magazine for five years.

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