Pretty good, but a little disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (21 February 2010)

I'll start with the good first. Overall this movie was very clever. The storyline and plot were intriguing and it definitely plays with your mind. The beginning was very moving, the acting phenomenal, and the end left little room for loopholes as it brought full circle everything that happened throughout the movie. HOWEVER, the middle of the movie, the largest part, was a bit slow. The excessive use of dream sequences was particularly tedious. Perhaps I was disappointed because the movie was advertised as a horror film, when it really is more of a drama. I wouldn't even say it's a thriller, as most scenes are not really "scary" but more disturbing. Finally, what most likely will determine how you feel about this movie is whether you figure out the end about 20 minutes into the movie. I'm not one of those egotistical morons who go to movies so they can try and figure out the end before everybody else, but I had a pretty good notion of where this movie was going early on. So as a word of caution if you are used to reading stories from old horror masters like H.P Lovecraft or are an Alfred Hitchcock enthusiast this movie is going to be pretty obvious to you. All in all I would recommend this movie, but I did not find it as amazing as everybody else.