Puzzle (2018)

This is a rather simple film with an ending that ticked me off, though it made a statement.
Agnes (Kelly Macdonald) is a bored housewife whose daily life is filled with menial tasks. Her husband, Louie (David Denham, Pam's ex-fiance from The Office, playing basically the same character) still loves her but takes her for granted and believes that a wife's purpose to do as she's told. He likes only a certain time of cheese but god forbid he has to go get it from the grocery store himself.
The only bright spot in Agnes's sad life is puzzles. She's good at them and she likes doing them and though they are complicated, she excels and even steps out of her comfort zone and meets Robert (Irrhfan Khan), an inventor who had one good invention in his life, which amassed him a fortune, and becomes his puzzle partner. He's different from everyone she's ever met before but he understands her far better than that idiot Louie. Sure, he's using her to, but at least she finally has more control and is happier overall.
However, they predictably fall in love and win the National Puzzle Competition but what I didn't expect is that she doesn't join him for the World Championship. Instead, she does her own thing for the first time in her life, she goes to Montreal, a place where she's always wanted to visit.
Now, I'm glad that she left her husband and I'm glad she's supporting her son's dream to become a chef but I do think she should have gone to Brussels for the championship, but at least she's finally putting her needs and wants before others, for the first time in her life.
The performances are good and it is nice seeing such a simple film that still manages to pack a punch. However, this film did nothing to change my opinion on the male gender and redeem them for me and yes, the gender does need redeeming. Hollywood, please keep trying. Grade: B+