Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Blistering performances.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

A very good ghost story!! It's great to see a film of this caliber in the modern era of a sea of horrible horror movies. This one blew me away - a very unnerving/unsettling atmosphere from the beginning of it.The ending made sense to me - I won't give the spoiler away. It's one of those films where in the end they show you a copulation of all the clues that you missed while watching, the answer as to watch you just watched! If you like a good "quiet"/subtle type of horror movie combined with a good vengeful spirit then this is a film for you! I thoroughly enjoyed it - and would love a copy of it in my film library!! It's worth watching a few times to me.9/10

"The Cradle" is one of the hardest films ever to call a horror film.**SPOILERS**Moving into a new house, newlyweds Frank, (Lukas Haas) and his wife Julie Brooksfield, (Emily Hampshire) fix it up for their baby, only for their marital issues to get in the way. Even though none of the neighbors offer up any help, they decide to deal with it on their own. The more they try to help each other deal with the baby, the more they have problems dealing with it, and once he starts to complain that something is after their child, she blames it on him and ignores it. Getting help from Helen, (Amanda Smith) who tells him that there's the ghost of the previous resident who now is haunting the estate, and they decide to fight back and stop the ghost from destroying the family.The Good News: There is hardly anything in this one worthwhile. The main plot-line about the baby being in jeopardy does have some solid credence to it, as it's a pretty frightening idea that is really well-played and actually works. From the motions on the hidden camera to the dreams and hallucinations and the constant agonizing over what's happening, there's a lot to this and it's one of the best things about the film. That's also boosted by one of the only worthwhile scenes in the film, where supernatural forces are shown moving the baby across the table with only the garments on the table beside it indicating the move. It's creepy, disturbing and actually well-done, which indicates that something weird is happening and after the child, scoring well with several points. These, though, are all that make this one interesting.The Bad News: There's not a whole lot to this one, since there's really big, damaging flaws to this one. The main one is that this one is just ungodly boring. Nothing at all happens in here except for a several brief moments, but the rest of the film, literally nothing happens. The majority of time is spent with the guy and the baby, not exactly thrilling beyond the one moment where something actually happens, but that's about it. There's a ton of talk about something, but it's done in such a manner that it's nothing that matters or not. It doesn't matter what happens, whether or not that the film decides to make them seem so important, yet they're the main focus of the story for the first fifty minutes of it's running time, and that is something that is a major mistake. The lack of action also makes the later segments seem that much more dull, as running around screaming at anything that moves doesn't do much to inspire fear. That may well be the whole problem with the film, nothing in here actually does anything to inspire fear. That's the major, overall problem with this one, that no one outside of parents will find this one frightening, scary or even entertaining. It's dull, lifeless and uses tactics that will only get a jolt from those in that situation, and not much of anything else in here will work in here. These here are the film's overall flaws.The Final Verdict: With a ton of dullness, nothing really much interesting happening and a selected audience, this one is pretty much doomed to fail. Really only those who will find the premise intriguing or scary should give this one a watch, otherwise skip this one and give others a shot.Rated R: Mild Violence, Language and children in danger

First, let me say that I didn't watch the whole movie, so my opinion could be skewed, but I doubt it. That said, I'm posting this just to warn certain people not to waste their time. Despite seeing plenty of bad movies, I've never had to stop watching one before The Cradle. I watched about a third of the movie before I couldn't stand the absolute tedium, and had to shut it off, concerned with my mental health.I tried to watch this movie a while ago, and don't remember any real plot, and the sad thing is, it's really not because I've forgotten it. It just didn't exist, or at least not until halfway into the movie..I've given this movie the lowest score possible, as unlike normal bad movies, you can't even make fun of it and give it pity points for being a good laugh.If you do choose to endure this film, you're in for long, dull scenes of dreary dialog and lifeless actors shuffling around as though they've been drugged. Good luck.

Writer and wife buy a house in a remote place. Writer has writer's block. Weird things occur around the baby. Could all these strange happenings be the visions of a troubled mind ? This movie is a succession of "false alerts" where you think something bad is happening but, hey, not really. It was either a dream, hallucination or just a misleading semi-scare.The tone shifts from mystery to occult, just to confuse you about what's really happening. Maybe there's a ghost involved, or maybe the old woman telling that horrific story about a born-dead baby is just nuts.When you get to the end, you'll be offered a very unsatisfying quasi-explanation and you'll realize that this 90 minutes movie that feels like it's 180 minutes could have been done in a 60 minutes "Masters of Horror" format.Unfortunately, the director's no "Master" and the horror's mostly absent.Waste of time.