A Favorite Film
Added 11/23/2009
I love this film. Most films I only watch once but this one I can watch many times. It has twists and turns that keep you coming back for more. Have been to one of the locations where a scene was shot.
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Dreary Tale of Two Psychotics
Added 11/17/2009
One might also call it pointless, aimless, meandering, sodden, incoherent or just plain boring. Actually, were it a simple factual documentary about two severely disturbed personalities and what happened when their lives crossed, one could accept dramatic boredom. The interest of a psychological treatise does not lie in its dramatic qualities but in the intellectual interest generated by the evidence and analysis. In a film, stating this as a subjective reality for myself, everyone has, of course, the right to choose their own evaluative criteria, I expect to get a story and characters which generate some degree of involvement from me; this one left me cold and alienated, wishing only for a quick end to the business.
Many reviews, as well as the editorial one, have delineated the plot and characters; no need to do so here. I can only compliment the actors for showing up for work each day and, hopefully, for earning a goodly sum of money for doing so. Obviously, I cannot recommend the film to anyone; no doubt, some found it to be other than I did.
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1 star out of 4
Added 12/18/2008
The Bottom Line:
This depressingly-bad thriller spins its wheels in voyeuristic territory that has been covered better in a myriad of other movies--watch Rear Window, The Conversation, or even Disturbia before you watch this.
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Where's the rest of the movie?
Added 5/1/2008
You'll find yourself asking this when this movie unexpectedly just "ends". I'm no movie cynic and I can usually find something to like in even the worst of films, but this one had the poorest, most bewildering ending I've ever seen. It made absolutely NO sense.
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Eye of the Beholder
Added 4/29/2008
This arrived very fast. I was really surprised. What can I say about this movie, it is spellbinding. You don't want to tke yours eyes off it for a minute for you might miss something. I watch it over and over (not every day) and always see something I had missed before. Buy it, it is GREAT!!!!
Ashley Judd is super !!
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A Favorite Film
Added 11/23/2009
I love this film. Most films I only watch once but this one I can watch many times. It has twists and turns that keep you coming back for more. Have been to one of the locations where a scene was shot.
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Dreary Tale of Two Psychotics
Added 11/17/2009
One might also call it pointless, aimless, meandering, sodden, incoherent or just plain boring. Actually, were it a simple factual documentary about two severely disturbed personalities and what happened when their lives crossed, one could accept dramatic boredom. The interest of a psychological treatise does not lie in its dramatic qualities but in the intellectual interest generated by the evidence and analysis. In a film, stating this as a subjective reality for myself, everyone has, of course, the right to choose their own evaluative criteria, I expect to get a story and characters which generate some degree of involvement from me; this one left me cold and alienated, wishing only for a quick end to the business.
Many reviews, as well as the editorial one, have delineated the plot and characters; no need to do so here. I can only compliment the actors for showing up for work each day and, hopefully, for earning a goodly sum of money for doing so. Obviously, I cannot recommend the film to anyone; no doubt, some found it to be other than I did.
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1 star out of 4
Added 12/18/2008
The Bottom Line:
This depressingly-bad thriller spins its wheels in voyeuristic territory that has been covered better in a myriad of other movies--watch Rear Window, The Conversation, or even Disturbia before you watch this.
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