Brilliant and touching

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

Very suspenseful in places, but there are too many loose ends that are never tied up. The ending was awful and rushed, at that. Could have been better scripted; didn't seem like the editor could have saved this one. Several additional scenes needed to be added to provide plot and character continuity. Like, "Who was the boy and what was his significance to anything? What was his relationship to Gene? Who was Gene?" On and on and on.......too bad, good subject; bad screenplay. Although I know the background of this particular film (my daughter played in it), it is obvious that there was not enough money to go back and complete enough pick ups to make this thing flow the way it should have. 3 of 10 only because there were some decent performances by the cast and crew.A lot of soft focus when it shouldn't have been used. Don't know if this was intentional or not, but it was distracting.

The project was too big for this director/screenwriter. Unexplained (all the way to the end) phenomena happened throughout the entire movie, and when the plot was finally revealed, went on to explain that everything that happened was just a figment of the protagonist's imagination. Q. Who was the boy in the white suit? A. it was all in his imagination.Q. Why did he imagine people disappearing (like the real estate agent) when he wasn't even present in that sequence? A. it was all in his imagination.I can go on and on with randomly idiotic examples from the movie. Make sure to steer clear from this unless you want to waste 90 minutes of your time.

Scott Cooper directs and stars in this modest drama about a preservation architect, Will Custis(Cooper), who will be challenged by ghosts of the past, his own ancestry and sanity. Custis will take on the task of refurbishing and old estate on the banks of the Chesapeake Bay that he buys from its owner Ferlin Smith(Kris Kristofferson). The homestead has been in the Smith family for decades and may actually have hidden secrets to an old legend in America's history. The past will come flickering back and forth as the young University of Virgina scholar seems to be on a psychological thrill ride ready to separate him from his sanity.Interesting scenery and a story line that borders creepy. The supporting cast includes: Rachel Nichols, Aimee Teagarden, Tom Skerritt, Scott Ulrich, Tom Bower and Joanna Cassidy.

It had a good story with a real hook to it. I was very excited to see Kris Kristofferson, Tom Skeritt, and Skeet Ulrich in the same movie. The location was extraordinary and the house itself became a character in the movie. Good story, great actors, wonderful location and they still managed to screw it up. They dragged it on and on and then... LIMP CITY. This movie was all foreplay and no climax. Instead of going for a real thrill they wimped out. The "oh it was all just a dream" cop out wasn't used, but they might as well have. Were they trying to save money? Would a real story have been too long? The ending had that hurry-up-and-finish feeling to it. Maybe those big names who got conned into this thing deserved that kind of treatment, but the story didn't.