please

Rating: 4/10 (30 August 1999)

i heard so many great things about this movie. are they kidding? i didn't find it scary at all. the overuse of music to set the eerie mood completely gave away any frightening surprises. the kid was endearing at first, but kept the same expression throughout the film. his dialogue wasn't very believable - what kid tells his mom, "i'm ready to communicate with you now?" beyond that, the whole film was built around the surprise ending, which was pretty good; but thinking back on the story, there were too many coincidences which neatly fit together to bring about the ending. of course, i didn't even have to think back, because the pertinent scenes were all replayed in the montage. what i thought might be a refreshing film turned out to be another piece of hollywood drivel.