The Uninvited is a disposable horror/thriller flick that comes packaged with a surprise twist ending that's only surprising in its idiocy and blandness. Think The Sixth Sense with a dash of generic movie serial killer syndrome.
The women in this film are very attractive (well, most of them), but as actresses, they give poor, uninspired performances. Our main girl, the pure, virginal, and innocent Anna (Emily Browning), does okay, that is until her characterization takes a turn for the ludicrous. And Elizabeth Banks (you may remember her from Oliver Stone's W playing the always smiling Laura Bush) methodically plays a one dimensional villain that turns out to be....well, you'll see. It's dumb.
The setting, right by the beautiful open water surrounding the countryside, is nice to look at, but not enough is done with it, give or take a drowning or two.
Oh, and way too many dream sequences. Not only is the trick getting old, it's now very much near decay. Tsk tsk.
I will admit that I have yet to see the Korean original, A Tale of Two Sisters, but that wrong will soon be corrected. This Americanized version is, at eighty three minutes long (minus the end credits), a dumbed down story where everyone but the father knows what's going on. Why is it that kids in movies are always so smart and and quick? And why are their parents so dumb? Who raised them? Their upper class, nicely paid, well dressed nannies?
Listen to your kids, America! And tell them about your future marriage plans, especially if their sick and beloved mother recently perished in a group of flames down by the water. You think there gonna warm up to another woman so quickly? And one that's a quarter of a century younger than their father? Let's be real now.
Final Rating: 3/10 |
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