Dream House
2011 Directed by Jim Sheridan
Synopsis
Once upon a time, there were two little girls who lived in a house.
Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
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What could have been a solid psychological thriller is unfortunately crippled by a weak script, a punishing slow pace and an overdone haunting atmosphere that is never subtle enough to be scary. The puzzle-like narrative could have done with a few more unpredictable turns, but the rest of the narrative can ever match the initial twist. The talented cast, headlined by Daniel Craig, lift it from the rubble, but fail to truly revive it from what seems to be an over elaborate B-movie.
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A psychological thriller where the twist is revealed half way through the movie. Making the rest of the movie feel arbitrary till the final 15 minutes where the film becomes laughably absurd. It doesn't help that Daniel Craig sounds more bored with every line he speaks. Laughably transparent.
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Director, Jim Sheridan, made his career with thoughtful fact-based character studies yet in recent years he has taken to dabbling in genre cinema. From the ill judged 50 Cent starring, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ to this twisting and inept psychological thriller, it clearly shows Sheridan is best when he tackles more heartfelt projects. In fairness to Sheridan the problem lies less with him and more with the production company this time around. He was frozen out editing the film with Morgan Creek re-cutting it themselves and releasing a trailer that completely ruins the movie in the process.
As a psychological horror it utterly fails to convince with half-arsed scares and an inability to build mood. As a character study…
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There's nothing particularly wrong with it per say and it's short so it doesn't get chance to become too tedious either. It's just that, at the end of the day, it's no more interesting than the average Hollywood tripe 'n' bollocks and is totally disposable. Rachel Weisz is a fine piece of ass and Daniel Craig's muscles made me a bit jealous.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Dismal.
After the reveal there's very little point in watching it I'm told and I agree, as I jibbed it off. But if you ask me there's no point watching it at all as it doesn't hold your interest and is laughable long before that.
Craig, Weisz...why?
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Pretty good movie, acting is A+ but the storyline is really amazing.
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La primera mitad de la peli está bien, al llegar la ida de olla de la segunda mitad ya se descubre todo y eres capaz de adivinar prácticamente todo lo que va a pasar en el resto de la peli, así que al final acaba aburriendo un poco. Creo que se le podía haber sacado más a la idea (que ya se ha visto en otras pelis), y no digo más porque no quiero poner spoilers. Daniel Craig tampoco me ha convencido mucho, bueno en general ningún actor me ha convencido mucho... No la voy a recordar entre las mejores aunque me ha entretenido, sobre todo durante la primera hora.
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Patīk šāda tipa filmas, bet šoreiz kaut kā nepavilka. Daniels Kreigs man asociēsies tikai ar Bondu, kas man arī ne īpaši patīk.
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Here is another case where a film is completely ruined with all the twists spoiled within the bloody trailer. The fact we know what is coming from the start renders the thriller and mysterious side of this film pointless. Craig and Weisz make a fantastic on screen couple enhanced by the fact they are a great off screen couple. Watts is great as usual but her character seems annoyingly pointless. The pacing is quite bad and the narrative quite silly but the actors and emotional punches help this from being a complete and utter disaster. Lets just hope next time Jim Sheridan understands the point of a trailer is not to reveal everything about the film you are trying to advertise to the public. Overall, could have been far worse with weaker actors but ultimately is completely ruined by its lack of surprises.
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I won't lie: this is DTV crud. but sometimes I get weak for this shit, and this is one of those times.
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I think I could write a book on Dream Home and what a complete waste of potential it is. Some parts of the film are engaging and I and couldn't wait to see what happened next; others are so mind-numbingly awful that I struggled to understand what the hell the people making the film were thinking.
- I think the first thing everyone should know is that Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and director Jim Sheridan want nothing to do with Dream House. Apparently, the production company Morgan Creek made edits to the film without Sheridan's approval. While I don't know for sure if they are the work of Morgan Creek, there's definitely some questionable edits that are blatantly obvious. There's…
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Could have been a great thriller. But the script stinks more than the main character (and a bath will not change that). Better watch Identity or Shutter Island instead.
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FUCKING GOOD! great psychological thriller. (but not the best, ok?)
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Perhe muuttaa. Selviää, että samassa mökissä on tapahtunut järkyttävä perhesurma. Huhun mukaan tappaja pyörii taas nurkilla. Isukin selvittäessä asiaa huomataan joitakin ihan pieniä yhtäläisyyksiä.
Muutamista puutteista huolimatta yllättävän jännää tavaraa. Suositellaan nautittavaksi yksin pimeässä.