Old Fashioned ghost story - but beware the hype

Rating: 1/10 (30 March 2008)

I heard rave reviews on the radio about this.... i read rave reviews on the internet... it just goes to show we all like something different as I was left disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's a well told old fashioned ghost story that is well scripted, the pace is appropriate, the atmosphere builds nicely but we have seen it all before. Added to this, you don't really buy into the characters. The central character of the mother, Laura, is well played by Belen Rueda and you do share her grief but Carlos, Simon, Tomas and Benigna are mere caricatures. And overall for a ghost story I didn't jump... wasn't that scared... it didn't leave me with nightmares as some commentators described and I didn't think it was great. Watchable yes but beware of the hype.