A few of the bits and pieces in Netflix's Raat Akeli Hai feel a bit contrived, but not enough to take the enjoyment away from a film which has a terrific sense of time and place, and a crime in which everyone has stakes.

The whodunit starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Radhika Apte is so focused on misleading the audience, that it loses its hold over characterization.

Raat Akeli Hai is a sincere attempt but it isn't engaging enough for you to feel the joy of solving a murderous puzzle or detective riddles.

There is so much promise in the first half of Trance in its depiction of religion as an opioid. The second half though, completely fails to take that substantial beginning forward.