Smart Flick

Rating: 10/10 (30 April 2003)

I feel that this movie was excellent. It is becoming harder and harder to appeal to mainstream audiences. The movie was a smart flick and did not dumb itself down for the benefit of mindless slasher movie fans. For many of these people, this fact is the movie's greatest flaw. That is why some can say Identity was excellent only for the first 80 minutes. It is my belief that it is what comes after that 80 minute mark that makes this movie stand out from the typical Hollywood horror genre. Although we are presented with another 6th Sense-style kid (which seems to have become part of the 21st Century horror formula), it actually works in this film.