Film Review – The Woman in Cabin 10

“The Woman in Cabin 10” is an adaptation of a 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, who’s enjoyed a successful career as an architect of literary mysteries, often compared to the writings of Agatha Christie. She’s new to the realm of cinematic interpretations, with the book handed over to director Simon Stone, who contributed solid work in features such as “The Dig” and “The Daughter,” also sharing a screenplay credit with Joe Schrapnel and Anna Waterhouse. The team is ready to scramble viewer minds with this study of growing confusion and paranoia onboard a yacht filled with billionaires, following the sleuthing skills of a journalist who believes she’s witnessed a murder. The set-up is solid, the stuff of a classic whodunit, but “The Woman in Cabin 10” gradually falls apart as it goes, indulging in growing ridiculousness before it reaches pure absurdity in its final act. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com