Should Have Been Great

Rating: Null/10 (21 July 2002)

I wanted to love this movie. Couldn't wait to see it. Didn't happen for me. One would think that excellent acting, directing, editing and design would be a shoo-in. The other commenters can deny this is re-worked material all they want, but it is. It is definitely an interpolated version of The Turn of the Screw (The Innocents) with a nod to Sixth Sense. Beautifully executed? Yes. But, AFTER, you see this movie, rent The Innocents and watch Deborah Kerr and those kids scare the hell out of you. If you're under 35 you may be surprised to find that, before the 80's and 90's, hollywood did make movies with great actors. Deborah Kerr was one of them. Henry James, author of The Turn of the Screw wrote this great novel long before special efx and wide-screens were even dreamed of. The Others is a good movie. The Innocents is better.