Wolff rating: GOOD
Plot summary: Woman living with photosensitive children at the end of the Second World War has trouble with noises in the attic.
Biased, pithy comments: Interesting. I watched this movie, was sufficiently creeped out by the atmosphere, and even my wife had to say, ``Nice fog!'' a little ways into it. Oh, sure, it might not totally work after you think about it for a few minutes after the credits start rolling, but this is an enjoyable old-school thriller like they used to make in the 60s, only with better atmosphere and lighting. It's pretty middlebrow---this isn't a thriller made with the kind of nuance or uniqueness of, say, ``Chronos''; it's instead something far more accessible. It's also not the fastest film ever made, and certainly M. Night Shamalayan's last two movies (``Unbreakable'' and ``6th Sense'' manage to be smoother rides---more absorbing despite a similar feel. Still, it resembled a particularly well-made episode of ``The X-Files.''
How many times I have seen it: x1
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Fionnula Flanagan, Alakina Mann, James Bentley.
Directed by: Alejandro Amenabar