Is it over yet?

Rating: Null/10 (29 November 1999)

I really wanted to like this movie. Everytime I thought it was getting better, it didn't. Honestly, if I had to watch one more minute of people just looking at each other I would have thrown my TV out the window. I was reminded of Holly Hunter's performance in "The Piano". But since her character was MUTE, it was bearable. And why was everybody whispering? If you cut all the unneccessary STARING, especially that Claire girl, the long and uneventful silences, and maybe given the focal characters some personality (excluding Hopkins, he was great), the movie would have been ok.