I imagine that I missed a considerable amount of subtext because I have not read much Atwood, and as this is a fairly recent work, it very likely reiterates themes that she finds important.
I found the choice of Mary-Louise Parker interesting in that she resembled a younger, more feminine Margaret Atwood. None of the latter women engendered any of my sympathy, though the story argues (or does it?) that all three have been victimized by Zenia, who unerringly detects how best and how deeply the three can be hurt. John's character and personality seems to disappear as we learn more about Zenia the possible woman and the women, Charis, Roz and Tony. Instead it is a single individual investigating a team of trio of women for the possible murder of a woman they all knew in their university years.
The film begins with a scene that makes the viewer expect an investigation a la CSI. I found myself comparing this to another psychological thriller I had seen recently - CACHE aka HIDDEN - much to the disadvantage of THE ROBBER BRIDE.
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