Note to screenwriter - DON'T ADD!

Rating: 4/10 (5 July 2007)

Okay, it started out really well - there was build-up, lines of background from the story turned into well played exposition, tense moments in the hotel room, and then...
It got weird.
About 45 minutes into the film it takes a complete departure from the short story. I know you have to add filler to turn a short story into a movie, but this was just insane. Scene after scene of a terrified looking John Cusak running between windows, in and out of the bathroom, squeezing through air vents. It was like watching an out of control train that never planned on crashing.
In the beginning of the film there is foreshadowing of a bad relationship between Cusak's Enslin and his father, but with the exception of an unfulfilling 30 second scene in the bathroom there's no payoff.
It's like they decided to replace mean daddy with dead daughter. And THAT sucked. At no point did I need or want to see the apparition of his little girl walking her bloody feet over broken glass to "die" in his arms.
The ending wasn't so bad because at least he burns the room which is true to the story.
To all screenwriters: Stop adapting short stories into movies - it DOES NOT WORK!!!