In "Tomorrow at ten" a callous criminal abducts a child from a rich household. For the police, it's the beginning of a desperate race against time...
The movie is proof positive of the fact that movies don't need lavish production values, dazzling effects or household name Hollywood stars in order to succeed. Here you've got a modest little thriller that succeeds, indeed succeeds magna cum laude, thanks to the things that really matter : an intelligent and suspenseful intrigue, a good screenplay, interesting characters and fine acting. The ending/resolution is, or should become, a classic...
The movie also boasts a seriously scary villain. As the plot progresses, one begins to realize that this monster was the product of a capricious and dysfunctional upbringing : as a child, he was neglected to the point where the one real present he received, a gollywog doll, was to remain with him always. Watch out for the scene where the police gets to meet his ageing parents - it is, in its own way, deeply unsettling...
The movie is proof positive of the fact that movies don't need lavish production values, dazzling effects or household name Hollywood stars in order to succeed. Here you've got a modest little thriller that succeeds, indeed succeeds magna cum laude, thanks to the things that really matter : an intelligent and suspenseful intrigue, a good screenplay, interesting characters and fine acting. The ending/resolution is, or should become, a classic...
The movie also boasts a seriously scary villain. As the plot progresses, one begins to realize that this monster was the product of a capricious and dysfunctional upbringing : as a child, he was neglected to the point where the one real present he received, a gollywog doll, was to remain with him always. Watch out for the scene where the police gets to meet his ageing parents - it is, in its own way, deeply unsettling...