Product: The Dead Girl (2006)
Rating: 3.0
Great Potential, But...
I eagerly anticipated watching this movie, and for most of its duration, it lived up to its billing.It jolts you from the start when a lonely caregiver stumbles upon the gruesome corpse of a young woman. The movie has segments which describe other women who are, in some way, linked to the victim. These segments are well-acted, poignant, but brief perspectives of each woman's life, and for a moment this looks like it might become one of the truly great movies of recent years. And then the end sort of leaves you hanging, and wondering. It feels as if the characters are seeking closure, and yet closure is not something you think of when the movie is over.This is the movie's only real flaw, though. It is beautifully scripted, written, and acted. Ah, if only...