Return to Sender (2015)
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A nurse seeking justice for a brutal assault begins a complex, flirtatious correspondence with her attacker while he is imprisoned.
The story
Miranda Wells, a nurse in a small town, is preparing to move into a new home when she is brutally assaulted and raped by a man she mistakes for a date. Following the attack, she faces professional setbacks and the loss of her home's sale. She begins a correspondence with her attacker, William Finn, while he is incarcerated. As they begin to communicate and eventually meet, their relationship evolves from a simple exchange of letters into a complex and flirtatious dynamic, while Miranda navigates the aftermath of the trauma and the complications of her growing connection with the man who harmed her.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
After being raped by a man named William Finn, Miranda Wells finds her life disrupted; her house is no longer for sale and she loses a promotion. She begins a correspondence with William in prison, which eventually leads to a flirtatious relationship. After his release, William arrives at her home under the guise of helping her. However, Miranda has been planning a calculated revenge. She poisons him with antifreeze, and when he awakens, he is bound in her basement. She reveals her plan, and he is subjected to a physical mutilation, including the amputation of a hand and a castration. The film ends with Miranda telling her father that William will not be coming around anymore.
- First release year
- 2015
- Runtime (minutes)
- 96
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Fouad Mikati
- Writers
- Patricia Beauchamp · writer; Joe Gossett · writer
- Cast and characters
- Rosamund Pike; Shiloh Fernandez; Camryn Manheim; Illeana Douglas; Nick Nolte
- Genres
- rape and revenge; psychological thriller
- Themes
- revenge; trauma; justice
- Tone and mood
- tense; melodramatic
- Premise and plot tags
- nurse; prison_correspondence
- Reception
- The film received generally unfavorable reviews from critics, with some comparing it to a 'glorified TV movie' or 'cinematic clickbait.'
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 14% · review count: 35; Metacritic · score: 23% · review count: 9
- Production trivia
- The film was released in the United Kingdom on May 22, 2015.; Image Entertainment acquired the U.S. distribution rights.
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