I believe that people
come into your life for a reason. They can come into your life for the better
or the worst. I think we all want someone to come into our boring lives and
shake things up and to just make us feel better about ourselves. Something similar
to this happens in the movie Blood
Pressure but with a very interesting twist.
Nicole Trestman works a job as a pharmacist. She is
married and has a daughter and a son. She wakes up early in the morning to
prepare breakfast for her family. It is evident that her husband and kids walk
all over her and expect her to do everything for them. One morning she receives
a letter with details about her work life and other aspects of her life. The
writer states that he knows how no one appreciates her and he would like to
show his gratitude and help her feel better. If she wants to continue all
Nicole has to do is place a green sticky page to the window facing the street.
As the day goes on Nicole just feels ignored and unappreciated. That night she
places the sticky page in the front window.
With each letter the writer gives Nicole instructions and
places to go. For her birthday he gives her a half day at a massage parlor. He
tells her to go follow a guy with a cane in the park and to go to someone’s
house and watch over them as they sleep. Another day it is lessons at a gun
range and a karate center. Nicole is uncomfortable with some these tasks but
for some reason she keeps doing them as if drawn by an unseen force. Her family
and coworkers start to see her strange actions and activities.
Eventually Nicole meets who has been sending her the
letters and why he has been. The reason for the letters and activities gives
the story a great twist.
Blood
Pressure had a really good story. It starts off as what I guess could be
seen as a typical story and then this twist comes. I thought it was pretty
genius. The ending was good it made Nicole see her life and people differently.
Blood Pressure, for me, is an example
on why it pays to get into an actor or actress and seek out as much of their filmography
as you can. The reason I watched this movie was for Tatiana Maslany. She plays
Nicole’s daughter Kat and she is not in it very much. I adore this girl and her
acting so much that I will watch anything she is in. (Bonus for any of you who
watch Orphan Black like me: Kristian
Bruun aka Donnie plays Nicole’s boss!) I am glad I looked for Blood Pressure to see Maslany because it
was a good movie. It was different and interesting. It is barely available
anywhere to watch. I rented Blood
Pressure off of iTunes
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