I honestly couldn't believe that when I came home last night after seeing this god-awful movie that I found 7 reviews actually PRAISING THIS MOVIE.
Let me put it simply. This movie is terrible. The best actress in the entire movie is Rosa, the maid, and she has 1 line. Camille Bell ruined this movie. She just cannot act! I found myself feeling sorry for the director and Cinematographer because a lot of the shots in this movie were really nice. But the script was terrible, acting was terrible and the movie just fell on its face.
I realize that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and some people might think that they may like the movie even though I hated it. But, honestly, this is not that kind of movie. It moved slowly, wasn't scary, was HORRIBLY (cant stress that enough) acted and was poorly written.
I also read some of the predictions about who the killer would be on the IMDb boards. If it had been any of those predicted people this movie MIGHT have been a little better. But the killer has NO connection to the characters what-so-ever. Quite simply, the writer and director do not even TRY to make you care about these people. Any expectation for this movie, no matter how weak, is too high.
All I can say now is that I'm glad some one else paid for my ticket because I would have walked out and asked for a refund. If you still want to see this movie, go ahead, that is your decision. I am normally not such a close minded and angry person, but this movie was just SO BAD. If you want to see When a Stranger Calls just rent/buy the original. Starting this new year off with a horrible horror movie like this makes me worried about the next 11 months of movies that we will see. All I can hope is that they don't sink to the rock bottom like this movie.
* out of 10
Let me put it simply. This movie is terrible. The best actress in the entire movie is Rosa, the maid, and she has 1 line. Camille Bell ruined this movie. She just cannot act! I found myself feeling sorry for the director and Cinematographer because a lot of the shots in this movie were really nice. But the script was terrible, acting was terrible and the movie just fell on its face.
I realize that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and some people might think that they may like the movie even though I hated it. But, honestly, this is not that kind of movie. It moved slowly, wasn't scary, was HORRIBLY (cant stress that enough) acted and was poorly written.
I also read some of the predictions about who the killer would be on the IMDb boards. If it had been any of those predicted people this movie MIGHT have been a little better. But the killer has NO connection to the characters what-so-ever. Quite simply, the writer and director do not even TRY to make you care about these people. Any expectation for this movie, no matter how weak, is too high.
All I can say now is that I'm glad some one else paid for my ticket because I would have walked out and asked for a refund. If you still want to see this movie, go ahead, that is your decision. I am normally not such a close minded and angry person, but this movie was just SO BAD. If you want to see When a Stranger Calls just rent/buy the original. Starting this new year off with a horrible horror movie like this makes me worried about the next 11 months of movies that we will see. All I can hope is that they don't sink to the rock bottom like this movie.
* out of 10