nickboldrini

The set up is ok, but then this degenerates into torture, which is unpleasant, but not really scary - because there is no substance to this. Like many horrors it thinks making you feel uncomfortable about things is scary, but although it is not too graphic (some of the nastiest bits aren't shown in detail) frankly I just didn't care what happened to the characters. Not as smart as it thinks it is, though the twist at the end and the scene in the middle of the credits make it a bit more interesting. Overall this took elements of many movies, but didn't gel them togethor to make a convincing whole.

I Loved this book as a child, but apart from some of the main characters, this bears little resemblance to that book. I can understand the desire to update the story, but this just doesn't really engage. Kids might like it, though. But not fans of the original book.

I saw this film with no expectations - I had heard of the book, but not read it nor seen any other version of it. And I loved this film. It is beautifully shot, and I think the performances gave all the characters some depth and sympathy. The negative reviews seem to split into two camps - its not as good as the book, or not as good as Hitchcocks version. Its always an issue with adaptations/reakes that people come to it with expectations, and then judge against how well ti measured up to those. But Having none, I judged this film purely by what was on the screen, and I would highly recomend it.