Ghost Story With An All Too Predictable Twist

Rating: 4/10 (16 June 2002)

This is ranked in the top 250 on IMdB? Does it gain this ranking on the basis of Nicole Kidman's dull performance or because of the completely predictable plot twist that I had figured out well before the halfway point of the movie?
Well, others are entitled to their opinions, of course, but I found it difficult to keep at this one. It was a pretty routine ghost story in many ways (except for the predictable plot twist that I won't describe because trying to figure it out might be the only thing that would make this worthwhile for some folks) which means that since the genre has been done to death (no pun intended) it wasn't particularly frightening, unless strange noises from upstairs, and piano playing when no one's at the piano and doors slamming into Nicole Kidman's face frighten you.
Ho hum is the best way to describe this effort, which (I'm feeling generous) I'll give a 4/10.