NOT rosemary's baby...

Rating: Null/10 (10 January 2001)

if you want to really get into a film about paranoia, fears, loneliness,oh-and the devil...see rosemary's baby. it is much better than this loose up-date.
if you love the over-the-top acting ability of al pacino and the shatneresque qualities of kanu reeves, than this is a good update. don't get me wrong, i dig the film, it's in my collection. the acting is fun and the story is good, it gives you kind of the "flip-side" of the coin. (DA gives you HIS point of view of what transpires while RB gives you the female view.) the pace is up and even. the ending could've used a little adjusting. but all in all it's good.
the only thing it really shares closely with rosemary's baby is the wonderfully terrified leading ladies. (charlene theron and mia farrow) the women and their journey through hell and back while their hubbies get everything handed to them on a silver platter is an excruciating and lonely ride. the most believable acting comes from these brutilized women. their lives are torn apart, their loves have betrayed them; and the devil? ...he wins.