This is no horror film

Rating: 8/10 (14 December 2007)

We truly lucked into seeing this. The hype was about horror and scariness, which is not at all the real subject matter of this movie. I don't regularly attend such films, but there was something about it that attracted our interest.
I won't bother reiterating the details already covered. I'm simply here to tell you that when the opportunity arises, go see it.
As the film began, it seemed as though the music and theme were drawing us into yet another "fright fest". Old house, unusual history, a little boy with "imaginary friends". It appeared almost formulaic in its initial presentation. Unfortunately, that colored my first impressions. As the film developed and the story unfolded, we realized that this was indeed a quality work that some nameless distributor decided would get better attendance if a horror spin was put on the promotion.
Don't be fooled.