One thing that annoyed me about this film was the wife's ghost. I think it didnt make sense appearing bcuz the rest of the movie "could be real" ( the story of a psychiatric patient)
So I think the ghost didnt fit the movie.
What do you think?
The movie left it up in the air about whether or not there even was a ghost. I liked the ambiguity!
They even went so far as to provide a possible non-supernatural reason for the water taps always turning on. Remember the scene when the main psychiatrist went jogging with his boss, and his boss told him it could his subconscious trying to make him remember her, trying to pretend she was still alive? He could have been turning the taps on himself and forgetting it due to his grief and his subcobnscious.
They never explain if it was real or not. They give some flimsy evidence that there IS a ghost (the plummer) and some that it may not be (dialog with his boss). The psychological side of it is interesting if you consider what he does near the climax of the film the last time the taps turned on, the movie almost goes full circle there.
Our minds are so complex and powerful. Its amazing how many people believe that their conscious observable thoughts are actually who they are. As if your own "internal dialog" is all you. We are so much more, so much more.
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Hm, yes you are right. I was always questioning myself about it. But then the plummer scene, it showed that other people were seeing strange things, and it wasn't all from the doctors imagination!
Anyway, it's a good movie!
Agreed. A pointless subplot in a film that served no purpose at all in how anything played out.
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Well, the plumber did say that ghost might've been trying to "warn" the husband about something. I guess the "warnings" were right, as it did foreshadow the rather dark ending. Too bad nobody other than me picked up on this.
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I certainly picked up on the "ghostly warning" that the plumber referred to. As the plumber said, only the Dr would have an idea of what the warning could be about.
In the opening scenes, it seems she ( the wife ) was trying to call her husband and he either didn't choose to reply or left his cell phone off. Either way she gets no response, no help, and commits suicide.
We soon learn that his wife had been his patient at one time. He tries to deaden his guilt, remorse and depression over his wife's suicide by taking an ever increasing amount of anti-depressants, which in turn cause his addled brain to soon make some really really bad judgement calls.
So, I think the ghost was "warning" that her husband would wind up in a very bad way if he didn't change how he went about his life. I doubt though that even the ghost knew just how bad.
As everything starts unraveling for him in the worst possible way, and he stands to lose everything he has worked so hard for, the ghostly visits continue... or so he imagines. Too, maybe the ghost knew what was going to go down and was only trying to suggest an easy way out.
Then, just when we think it's all about to come full circle, the twists and turns are like a runaway freight train and are some of the best in recent memory.
And the ending was perfect. That tear!
I enjoyed the movie much more than I thought I would actually. It definitely left some room for interpretation which is always fun. I caught it just last night for the first time on Comcast's On Demand's Free Movies.
When she was good, she was very very good, but when she was bad...she was better!
Very well put. I know it's an old thread, but just watched this on fearnet, and felt the same way: went in with no expectations, really liked the mood (kinda reminded me of a British "Let The Right One In", with a dash of "Audition"), and found the ending quite brutal and very effective.
I actually liked the idea of his wife's ghost warning him.
While it gives the movie a supernatural edge, as others have pointed out, you can believe in it or not, so it doesn't take anything away from the enjoyment of the story.
I'm still just a little puzzled at the mother...
Was she aware of her daughter's escalating condition all along, and played the doctor from the start; or did she slowly find out through his involvement, and then decided that family ties prevail? I believe it might be the latter, and just a little more exploration of that conundrum for her would have made the ending more gripping and less of a "shocking" twist.
Love those movies though. Slowly reel you in, keep you hooked, and deliver a surprising punch at the end.