Hitchcockian in the 1st degree

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2005)

My wife and I found this to be a very entertaining edge of your seat thriller. Lots of jumpy moments, and very little blood letting, which is a relief. We had it figured out pretty much 1/3 of the way through, but it still made for an entertaining evening in front of the fire. I think maybe the filmmakers gave us to much info. Our only problem was the timeline; we felt it was out of sync between the Rivers storyline and the motel. I don't want to give anything away, so I'll leave it at that. We also felt that the ending was to simplistic, and extremely Hollywood typical. I likened it to the end of Carrie in a way. The cast was first rate; I didn't even recognize DeMornay at first. Make sure you pay attention at the beginning, and I think you enjoy this.