God’s Crooked Lines follows the story of a private investigator who forges her case to get into a mental asylum in order to investigate a murder. What is the mystery behind it? The story has a perfect setting for a nail-biting whodunnit with the right amount of vagueness to keep the viewers conflicted. The screenplay standing at a shade above 150 minutes does make for a daunting watch and surely some parts of it could have been trimmed out. But there is enough in the drama to keep you hooked and booked.

The drama does open on an intriguing note wherein you are introduced to the protagonist who enters the asylum after charges of her poisoning her husband. From this point, there is a slow buildup for the next one hour wherein you are introduced to a host of characters as the writers make a considerable effort in building the world. Here I did feel that perhaps a good 10 minutes could have been trimmed down and still the end result wouldn’t have changed much. In between the world building, there is a parallel track that features a murder in a completely different setup. The viewer here is unaware of the timeline here or whether this was a standalone event altogether! In other words, there are two tracks unfolding – one featuring a murder and the other an investigation!

The urgency in the drama does kick in after the first 50 odd minutes when the picture begins to get a little clearer. The conflict that is created does make the drama even more convoluted in the viewer’s mind. Both sides of the argument do make perfect sense thereby leaving the viewer is a state of dizziness. The twists and turns will keep you at the edge of your seat during this terrific phase where the magic of Oriol Paulo kicks in resulting in the best hour of the film. You will find yourself second guessing yourself here  Even the parallel track eventually does find its way to the same timeline as the main plot but the resolution of it did seem half hearted and over simplistic.

Now I did have a bit of a problem with how Mirage had ended. The last few minutes just kept the drama lingering on for a tad too long. With 20 minutes to go and supposedly all the tracks having found a resolution, I was skeptical with what this drama had to offer and whether it was going the Mirage way. To be fair to me, it was up until the final 3 minutes that saw a twist coming out of nowhere. That twist did potentially turn the entire film on its head and fabulously so. The final act therefore has propelled the rating here in a drama which can best be termed as twisted, although it is easy to work your way back without much hurdles as there are clues thrown in throughout the narrative(and hence keeping the twist under wraps). Overall, the drama is twisted and really well written.