Not Worth the Price of Admission

Rating: 4/10 (20 December 2007)

I saw this last night and was looking forward to seeing it because I had read some positive reviews about it, and the TV trailers looked pretty good (Yes, I know that's their purpose; to get you to see a movie regardless of how bad it may be). This is one of the few times where I agree with a lot of the "professional" critics; it just wasn't very good. I believe it could have been presented in about 45 minutes. The pacing was agonizingly slow. The "scares" were just basic "gotcha" type moments. Not much character development, and all around, just not worth the ticket price. I guess I'm not surprised it did well the first weekend, but I doubt it will sustain high attendance, because I think word of mouth will kill it. (I can't believe the average rating is so high on here!)