GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 21 Sept 2012
Running Time: 101 Minutes
Staring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thierot
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES
REVIEWS
IMDB: 5.6 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 10% Audience: 42%
MY RATING: 3 of 10
STORYLINE
Newly divorced Sarah and her daughter Elissa find a house of their dreams in a small, upscale, rural town. But when startling and unexplainable events begin to happen, Sarah and Elissa learn the town is in the shadows of a hilling secret.
MY REVIEW:
So the idea of the crazy person who you're not 100% sure if they are a crazy person is thee thing that I did actually enjoy about this movie. The rest was so cliche that I was literally 10 steps ahead of the movie at all times.
The movie stars Jennifer Lawrence as Elissa, daughter of Sarah, played by Elisabeth Shue and creepy obvious-bad guy next door Ryan, who was played by Max Thieriot. When we meet Ryan, we discover that he is the only survivor of his sister Carrie Anne's rampage that killed their family.
Here's my take. Horrid name with a terrible plot and a lacking in suspense and drama that would make this a horror thriller. I was so far ahead of the plot that nothing was really that scary or even thrilling. I sat there watching and just wanted to yell at all of the characters. They were less than developed and definitely less than interesting.
To me, it seemed like a classic Psycho but on a PG-13 nearly PG rating. It just didn't work for me. First and second acts were tolerable, but the third act went downhill pretty quick. Although there were some decent parts the majority of the movie was a letdown for me.
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