Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

good back-story, and good acting

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

The allegory of the film is the centerpiece. Which isn't the best thing considering its fairly ham-fisted. Allegory works best when its on a emotional level rather than an intellectual level and the allegory here in this film is predominantly intellectual.As I said in the summary it seemed like a lot of opportunity to create a better film wasn't taken advantage of. In terms of visual elements, emotion, lighting, etc. Again this goes back to the allegory being the centerpiece and the filmmaker overemphasizing this.Still the acting isn't bad and the film is watchable if you have some free time. If what you look for in a film is something to intellectually mull over this maybe just your ticket.

In Redwood County, the dancer Gina (Asia Argento) is attacked and her boyfriend is killed by a maniac in a motel. Gina is attended by Sergeant Burns (Lochlyn Munro) and Lieutenant Krebs (Dennis Hopper) insists in giving a lift to her when she leaves the hospital. However, he kidnaps Gina and arrests her in a cell in the basement of his isolated house. The deranged policeman has a serious trauma from his childhood with dancers of night-clubs and establishes rules and punctuations for Gina while she is imprisoned. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Krebs is stalked by a local, Ruthie (Helen Shaver), who has a crush on him and wants to promote his amateurish puppet show with the character Deputy Rock, his alter-ego. Sgt. Burns is trying to find a clue where the missing Gina may be."The Keeper" is another predictable rip-off of William Wyler's "The Collector". This time, the captor is a deranged lieutenant and the captive is a dancer. The story entertains, but Dennis Hopper is too old and fat for the lead character. The heavy make-up on his face is highlighted in the image of the DVD. It is ridiculous the scene where a young dancer that is keeping her shape working-out in her cell is chased by an old fat man that is able to catch her. Today is a rainy day in Rio de Janeiro, and this movie was a reasonable choice for a boring afternoon. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Obsessão" ("Obsession")

Hello Writer and actors of the Keeper, I saw the movie a few days ago and it really changed my life! It was the first time I ever fell in love. I fell in love with the message of the movie, of course I'm talking about the point system. It's so beautiful in his simplicity, and tells you how to think. Thanks you for that, thank you soooooo much for opening my eyes. I am now devoting my life to the point system. I made my own version of it. But what I really like to know is: Is there a book or a religion about the system? Where do I buy these thinks? How many points does the actress that the cop keeps in his basement have? I love your work, If you where God it would not surprise me! Henri

The reason for buying this DVD was that Dennis Hopper plays a lead role in the movie. Dennis Hopper is the kind of actor that can make a poor scenario work. One of the best parts he ever did was in True Romance, by Quentin Tarentino. The 10 minutes of his appearance in that movie are classic! The Keeper has some exciting parts that make up for the poor way (I think) in which the plot unravels... Why is deputy Burns sitting at a computer for hours with the same material on it??? The Keeper is an easy to watch movie and therefore simple entertainment. Because of the good acting by Dennis Hopper and Asia Argento I give this movie a 7-, although next time I want to see Dennis in a 10+ movie again!