This is a piss poor rip-off of "Don't Be Afraid of the Dark". Trust me; any positive reviews of this movie were made by people involved with the production of it.
A family marked by the tragic loss of a young son seeks to make a fresh start and a move to a new house in a rural setting. After they move in, they order a pizza... which arrives an hour late. The pizza delivery girl explains that this was because no one else would deliver to this particular house. The pizza delivery girl herself is a real treat. She pushes her way into the house, makes sparky, ambiguous comments about the place, and cheerfully calls the father a cheap ass after he pays her for the pizza. As this paragon of customer service takes payment and leaves, it is revealed that SHE DELIVERED THE PIZZA ON HER BICYCLE. Jeepers, maybe the pizza was late because SHE HAD TO PEDAL FROM TOWN AND OUT TO THE STICKS TO DELIVER THE PIZZA.
The bad news is that it only gets stupider from there. The acting rises to the level of perhaps a fourth grade elementary school play. The only actor who exhibits even a trace of any talent whatsoever is the young woman playing the daughter. The actor playing the father is annoyingly, cloyingly cheerful. He makes Little Mary Sunshine seem like a dour pessimist, by comparison. The actor portraying the mother exhibits all of the nuance and deft touch of a spastic colon. The kid playing the son that didn't get killed is about as emotive as a bowling ball.
Upon finding a mutilated carcass on the property, the daughter tells her brother not to touch it, and walks him away from the remains. She doesn't freak out at seeing a mangled, bloody, partially devoured corpse, and when she reports this finding to her parents, she doesn't seem concerned about the fact that the remains were there at all. Mind you, this part and scene are delivered by the best actor in the entire movie.
The father goes outside and picks up the bloody remains... with his bare hands... and doesn't seem particularly concerned or curious about the mutilated body, how it got there, who may have killed whatever it was, etc cetera. He just picks up the parts and puts 'em in a plastic garbage bag like he was pulling weeds or raking leaves.
Then we get to the daughter's "bad boy" boy friend, who looks about as tough and menacing as a pre-pubescent boy. His "crew" are about as laughable as he is.
I would be remiss if I did not mention the creepy neighbors who are always skulking about and popping up out of nowhere, and always apologizing for it. The eldest son of these neighbors is an adult simpleton with the mind of an eight year old boy. Now, THIS is a performance that needs to be seen to be believed. This is spastic scenery-chewing at its finest.
There is virtually nothing to like about this movie. The acting is horrendous, as are the lines that the actors have to deliver. "Would you just get your gorgeous body in the car and let's go..."? Meryl Streep must be seething with envy over that opportunity. Do yourself a favor and pass this turd up. I wish that I had.
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