paint by numbers

Rating: 3/10 (12 July 2003)

This film started off good as though it was going to be what it promised, a really creepy, clever new twist on the horror genre. It ended up (for the most part) with the script concept on the level of an afterschool special. With wooden acting for the most part, a ten cent script, yet camerawork, photography and art direction that was absolutely fantastic - to die for. That was the Dreamworks touch.
Let's see what else - an awful, unsatisfying ending. To put it another way. It's for morons. Or to be more fair, it's kid stuff. Kubrick and Lynch could have had their hands in the same type of film. One that looked and felt just like this one. Only the script, casting and acting would have been SOOOO much better. Hopefully the director will learn by working at his craft.