Make it STOP!!

Rating: 1/10 (22 January 2004)

I bought tickets to a Sundance screening of this movie, only to discover that its theatrical release was less than a week after the Sundance screening. I thought that at least the director would show up to the screening. Frankly, I probably wouldn't have chosen to see this movie had it not been at Sundance. I was horrified that some people actually bought young children (elementary age) to see this! Thankfully, after the first ten minutes and several disturbing images, they chose to leave. THIS is definitely not for children...
Now to talk about the movie itself: I wanted all the horrible images to stop! How many awful things can happen to one person? After a while, I found myself laughing because this was such a ludicrous story. I think it was supposed to be suspenseful and horrible, but after a while it got so bad it was funny. Ashton Kutcher does a passable job, I suppose, but there were lots of things in the movie that I still didn't understand when it was over. For instance (SPOILER) what was with the grisly drawing the kid made in school? Did it have anything to do with anything? Or was it just his fantasy? I guess I really don't care, but it was just kind of left up in the air. Or perhaps I missed something. I cannot recommend this movie in good conscience. But I know there will be people who like this sort of thing. It was not for me. 1/10