Amateur Hour

Rating: 1/10 (29 April 2007)

The technical details of this movie ruin it. Halfway thru started noticing booms and mics in almost every scene. Noticed several gel lights and saw the tops of the sets a few times. Are there two or three cuts of this movie out there? I can not imagine how anyone missed them. They should have re-shot most of this movie. Just insulting and embarrassing to watch. They seem to have had a budget - lots of music, well dressed sets, fairly well known actors, and a big ad campaign. But the result would earn a film student a failing grade just on the production alone.
David Morse was incredible, but the script doesn't let him seem real. The 1st half of the movie was extremely detailed and rich, and then they just wrapped things up quickly and predictably, like they ran out of time. Not really scary or thrilling, but mildly entertaining. This movie is pretty much product and it shows.