Cillian Murphy plays a man, John, who has been abused by his mother and, after her death, creates an alter ego "Emma" to look after him. After a train crashes into his backyard, Emma is revealed to the local community and slowly begins to become the dominant personality. She becomes involved with the community in a way John has never been able to. Thus ensues a battle between both personalities for dominance.
I have to admit that, I'm not entirely certain that that everyone in the town really bought that Emma was John's wife or if they were just going along with it. Prior to Emma being discovered, people seemed to be very patient with John and his strange ways so it is possible that some were playing along.
Murphy played this so well that after a short time I fully accepted them as 2 different characters. Great support from Susan Sarandon and Bill Pullman too.
Overall I enjoyed this, it pulled me in and I was engrossed to the end.
Review of Peacock
