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Opinions, thoughts about this?

posted 14 years ago by masadis_chris
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I actually think it was a good idea, actually could have been quite good with a few adjustments and if spent more time with the script....
however the approach was terrible....
acting was terrible, director did a really bad job, lines were mediocre, budget was not decent, they could evolve the story much better and the movie half an hour longer, sakis can not act (did you see he was trying to have a decent accent, but he was actually sounded like he was libanese or something,and he was terrible reading long sentences/ words)..

I give it 1/10 acting and 6/10 for idea/story
Overall a 3/10

[–] saucepot124 14 years ago

I actually really liked this film. I do agree that the acting was not good though, except for the little girl, and i actually never saw the twist coming!
The reviewer noted that some scenes were too long and others too short but i disagree with this, how long can scenes be with the movie running just under 1hr 15mins. I would possibly argue that the flashback scenes could have been a bit more revealing, and personally i rather liked the wham bam thank you mam effect the doughnut scene had! I hope more people watch this film so this board gets a bit more filled up!

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[–] Harry-Caul 14 years ago

I liked the fact that this was a more low budget film without high profile stars as this probably would have meant the ending would have had to have been a "Hollywood" one. I enjoyed the the two lead actor's performances and the ending was very unexpected. In some ways the atmosphere of this film reminded me of Hitchcock's noir "Strangers On A Train".

[–] Xcalat3 10 years ago

Agreed, this had a lot of potential but the screenplay and acting were atrocious

I give it a 4/10

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[–] ARH 10 years ago

I watched this because I'm a fan of Martin Donovan. I'm not a big horror fan, so I was glad when it turned out to be more of a thriller than a horror movie, because the cover and description really make it out to be a horror movie. I thought Donovan and Ariel Winter were excellent in their roles, but Sakis Rouvas was way too over-the-top. I also liked the twist. I rated it 6/10.