If you look at the cover you see the only reason to watch this movie. The actress who plays Dorothy is excellent. You would never guess that this is her debut. Carice van Houten was OK but I did expect much more from her. (One thing bothered me throughout the movie. Carice is Dutch and when she speaks Dutch you hear her accent. In the whole movie there is not one remark explaining why she has this accent. If the makers wanted to pull off in letting us believe that she is Irish than they failed. Maybe I am nitpicking but once you will hear her speak you will understand my point.) The premise that we are presented with is full of potential and could have really made this movie interesting. Sadly the makers have chosen for the easy way out. And their way has to be accepted. Since they made sure there is no other way to interpret it. The problem with the solution they chose for the movie is that they make you realize that this movie could have been much shorter and by that I mean much shorter (with a total runtime of 20 minutes). From the first big event happening to Jane(Carice) you can predict what is going on. Only the ending is somewhat surprising but almost has no impact since by then you will be bored to death. The ideas about possession or multiple personality disorder themselves were fitting to the story only somehow they never seem to match together. Another big complaint is the fact that there is not much happening in the movie. The events surrounding Dorothy are not impressive and only make sense because of the brilliant Jenn Murray. Is this movie not worth watching then? Well,the mystery itself and the acting (from Murray in particular)is pretty strong. Only the pay off is less satisfying. Suitable for a rainy Sunday.
Review of Dorothy Mills
