Fresh and Exciting

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

This came in a multi pack dvd with some garbage movies like Prophecy (Christopher Walkin) and Howling IV. So, I was not expecting much, except maybe some laugher. No laughter to be found here. What we have is a young man, who's parents were killed, working in the library, who happens to be interested in watching and stalking people, even going into their homes. He is befriended by a cute/punk chick that he was stalking. He then stalks a couple by going into their house. He is discovered and they befriend him rather than calling the cops. Apparently the couple's son died a year before. He spends the night on the couch after watching TV. When he leaves he gets run over by a hit and run driver. The couple take him in, both legs busted, and nurse him. The couple at first, especially the wife, are very friendly and just want to befriend this young man. But then the wife thinks he is their dead son returned. The husband doesn't buy into that at first, but he too also believes he is his son. After a few days they treat him like he is their son. The guy realized these people are nuts and just wants to leave. Tons of tension. It is well acted. And the screenplay is decent. It's low budget and the video quality shows. It played out that possibly the kid was the one that was sick, maybe amnesia. If it wasn't for the grave beneath the one they buried him in, this mystery may have continued to the end. Rather than the punk chick rescuing him at the end, I guess a better ending may have been if the kid got out of the grave somehow and killed the wife and husband. And we find out that they were not really crazy, that he was really their kid. Hey, just an idea.But as it's shown, this is a good movie. If you can go past the low budget video production.Rating C, or 6 stars.

For those of you missed "Misery" we have a watered down version. Alex (Nicholas D'Agosto) is a voyeur and not a very good one. He gets caught by a couple while in their house. They believe Alex is their dead son Timmy who has come back to them as he is held prisoner after his accident. Started out good with Alex approaching Crispin Glover type of creeper. Leighton Meester added a perky klepto character that was for the most part wasted. This is a film that is available on multi-packs which may be the best way to buy this one. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.

I wrote a review for this movie back in 2006 and apparently it was deleted (hmmm...wonder WHY). Probably because I was the only SANE person who agreed that this movie was a MAJOR stinker. In fact, it still resonates as one of the worst movies I have ever seen at the Florida Film Festival. I go to the FFF many years, and this is one of the worst movies I have ever watched at a festival. It was so bad that my husband and I laughed at how cheesy it was during most of it. AND the audience was pretty much in agreement. At one point when Timmy (or Alex) hold up the sign that says "I am not Timmy" the audience erupted in laughter. I don't think this was supposed to be a comedy, was it? Listen, I am not here to just completely TRASH this movie. I understand this was this director's first movie or whatever, however when I come and read all these positive reviews I am just SHOCKED. Are the folks reviewing this related to the director? If they are, shame on them for not telling him that the movie stunk and should not have been making the rounds at festivals. And it WON an award at some LA film festival? I kid you not my mouth is just hanging wide open in horror right now. I think I have said enough! PS: Sorry to the director, I do not know you and I am sorry that I feel so strongly about your movie. I am sure you are swell guy.

This film was extraordinary in its solidarity and intrigue. The performances are great all around, the events were harrowing, and most of all, the story is a complete, together exploration of the psychological consequences of loss.Now pretentious babble aside, I really do admire this film because it does not do the cheap easy way, as many indie filmmakers do, of leaving a majority of events unfinished or unexplained, in an effort to portray some sort of hack message. Inside does not do this, and actually makes you think without forcing it. This film is satisfying, unpredictable and well shot.I saw this film at the fantastic film fest, where the director did a Q&A afterwords. Hes got a lot of talent, and I cant wait to see what he does next.