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Here's the strange thing, and by all means call me a sucker, but every time Elizabeth appeared on-screen in the film's "third act" I was almost relieved; her charisma and warmth did something to me on a subconscious level. And so my sympathy went more toward Nathan's vulnerability.

I had the opportunity (and impulse) to see it *again* only hours after the first time. I was compelled to watch the first half with more scrutiny(?) but then only found myself even more entranced by Holmes, more aware of Nathan's compromised position

1st watch: Psyduck-levels of strung-along confusion, great movie etc 2nd watch: complete tunnel-vision about Holmes' "authenticity," and noticing how sobered the theater became by the time it ended. Her inability to see Billy as harmful feels more tragic than it does deserving