Lou ★★

THERE is only so much poetic licence you can give a film-maker.

Anna Foerster’s 2022 American crime thriller Lou has a few too many plot contrivances and coincidences.

The film starts well enough with comedian turned dramatic actress Allison Janney playing what should be an interesting lead role.

Her character is a gruff loner who gets reluctantly involved in protecting the young woman and her daughter who are living in a rental home on her property.

There is no doubt Janney does a decent job and there is better-than-average tension in the action sequences.

But, as the mystery deepens, there is just too much of a requirement to suspend disbelief for my liking.