Summary :
17-year-old Eli has just moved with his family deep into the backwoods of Kentucky to work on the isolated farm of a local recluse. Inexplicably drawn into the strange forest that lies beyond the farm, Eli encounters the beautiful, sweet and mysterious Amanda, seemingly the perfect girl.
Genre :
Drama/Mystery/Horror
Country :
USA
Cast :
Brad Dourif : WaylonSpencer Daniels : Eli
Alexia Fast : Amanda
Director :
M. Night Shyamalan
My Score
Well, this movie won’t make you feel very cheerful. Rather depressed, yes. However, the movie poster gives a distorted impression. You actually expect still a bit of a creepy movie. The girl looks ill-treated and tortured in this picture. But in the end, it’s just a love story, interwoven with a crime in the past with restless souls as a result. Eli met such a restless soul in the guise of Amanda (handsome appearance I must admit) and unravels bit by bit the whole story. And indeed, the end does not cheer you up.
Brad Dourif as Waylon, the owner, I found exquisite. The somewhat unworldly strange fellow, balancing between kindness, anxiety and hostility in a teeny weeny bit insane trait. For me, Spencer Daniels played the hardest part … As far as I know, I’ve never seen a movie where someone had to look so sad and dull the whole movie. However, it’s a movie that is worth a look. And that because of the beautiful scenery and the haunting music.
My rating 4/10
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I’m Peter.
Born in 1966.
And living in Belgium.
I’ve been married to Veronika for 10 years already.
And together we have two lovely kids , Karolien and Filip.
And guess what ….. I’m a big movie-fan. Who could have guessed that!
As long as I can remember I’ve been fascinated by the medium film. And the number of movies I’ve seen till now, is even unknown to me.
