Who said critics can't write good movies?

Rating: 8/10 (29 October 2012)

One of the things people keep saying, is that people who became critics (or are critics) didn't cut it in the (movie) business and therefor are bitter men. Men who are not able to deliver. I'm not familiar with the critics the filmmaker wrote, but one thing is for sure: He did make notes and obeyed them, which resulted in a pretty good movie.
Of course Ethan Hawke playing the main character is helping a lot. But the dialog and the story as it moves forward is really good. There are still things you could argue might feel wrong or some smaller flaws in the story (that might not make too much sense under the microscope). Still a very good movie, with enough good solid scares, that actually makes sense overall. I'd call this a comeback after the terrible Keanu R. movie he made prior to this. Then again, he didn't write the script for that other movie ...