Deniro turned out to be Charlie.That ruined it for me.I was hoping it was the ghost of the neighbours dead child that would be more scary.They loosing a child didnt actually have anything to say in the Movie it just didnt make sence.Before deniro turned out to be Charlie I would have given it an 8 but I landed on a 7 cause I really enjoyed it and didnt have any high hopes becouse of the low score so I was happily surprised.
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Agree completely. I thought it was going to be a classic Gothic ghost story. And then it just turned into a stupid "multiple personality" film. And not a particularly good one at that.
Even given the stupid twist, the ending was trite and unoriginal. The last act felt like the screenplay had been farmed out to a room of AI screenwriters. Ooh - lights out! Spooky noises! Random characters show up at the house out of the blue!
I just finished watching it courtesy of cable on demand, and wasn't expecting much from it. I can say I actually enjoyed it, though a lot of it was familiar material. I think I liked the way this familiar material was handled; and I loved the interactions between de Niro and Fanning. This was the heart of things on many levels, of course, and they succeeded in investing my interest and concern for these two. For me, because I bought into this relationship a lot of things that might have bored or taken me out of things didn't bother me.
I started suspecting that David was Charlie at around the point where Elizabeth Shue is killed. I'm not sure what clued me in, especially since we "saw" David writing during this episode. By the time David finds his blank notebooks and flashes back on reality, before losing himself, it wasn't so much a surprise to me than a small surge of satisfaction (I liked the way this came upon him, too. Nice editing and timing). I'm thinking the screenplay was planting seeds from an early point, and if I watch this movie again, I'm betting I'll be able to pick up on them.
it was great up until it turned to major suckage. Is there only ONE police officer in this town??? If my next door neighbor started stabbing me, there would be police all over my house and they would have gone after David/Charlie and not continue the crazed bloodbath. I was sincerely disappointed in this ending. Just horrible.
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