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With an engaging style and the sense of an adept storyteller, Kruger takes us through the ins and outs of pathological self-love and all the varieties of the disease.

The net effect of 'Insane Jane' is a rather sharp poke in the eye to the more formulaic superhero exploits and origin stories. Overall, there was quite a lot of ingenuity and talent here, but it fell a bit flat for me.

Like 'The Road,' another technically non-horror film, there is an underlying sense of dread and foreboding here that's far more sophisticated and true-to-life than most of what passes for horror these days.