This is a weird case of a film that was clearly given funding on the basis of its "white woman disappears in mysterious circumstances, based on a novel" setup, but it avoids most of the cliches of the material (except for the plot largely involving the super-wealthy-and-with-lots-of-free-time and an undertone of suburban satire) in order to look more deeply into the personal milleau of a woman whose life has slipped out of her grasp while she wasn't looking. It's a bit messy, with the tone somewhere between broad satire and personal neurotic drama, but I liked the vibe of it, particularly the specific take on Seattle's aspirational tech class and the climax (presaged early on so it's not a spoiler) in Antarctica.
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