THE movie's title is so long, I'm even lazy to write it out.
Actually, it's not that I'm lazy - it simply is a boring title. And, of course, the movie is as boring, save for the interesting twist at the end.
The plot is familiar and the film follows a familiar narrative path.
To put it bluntly so that you can fill in the blanks, brainy flick fan, there's a dilapidated house in which a strange, lonesome boy, Ryan (Max Thieriot), lives.
Nobody likes him and neighbours try several times to buy the house from him so that they can demolish it to save the value of the neighbourhood. He refuses, and that's expected.
The neighbourhood gains new neighbours in divorced mom Sarah (Elizabeth Shue) and daughter Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence).
Against Sarah's wishes Ellisa befriends and falls in love with Ryan. Ryan harbours a secret involving her presumably dead sister, Carrie-Ann (Eva Link).
Whether she's dead for real is questionable as somehow a girl (or must I say girls?) that resembles her keep turning up in Ryan's sordid life.
Now you begin putting your one's and two's together to come up with a conclusion. This is a horror thriller.
Your guesswork must include some stabbing, kidnapping and plot lines that don't make sense.
After this wise analysis, I think you're ready to take over my job and be a movie critic, don't you think?
One thing I lament about the House at the End of the Street is its reliance on the Jennifer Lawrence meal ticket. If you're not sure who she is I'll be most disappointed.
She's the leading girl in The Hunters Game, a movie that made a helluva noise and a lot of cheese at the box office.
Try as she does, there's not much she can do to uplift the shabbiness of this haunted house movie. The script is horrible.
If I were in Jen's shoes, after the success she's had with The Hunters Game and Winter's Bone, I wouldn't want to be associated with the House at the End of the Street.
But that's my take; you're more than welcome to go see it. Maybe you're a lover of B-horror movies with a terrible take-off and a lukewarm story all-round.
The House at the End of the Street. My gosh, what a waste this is of Lawrence's immense acting talent.
Movie review: A waste of Lawrence's acting talent
THE movie's title is so long, I'm even lazy to write it out.
Actually, it's not that I'm lazy - it simply is a boring title. And, of course, the movie is as boring, save for the interesting twist at the end.
The plot is familiar and the film follows a familiar narrative path.
To put it bluntly so that you can fill in the blanks, brainy flick fan, there's a dilapidated house in which a strange, lonesome boy, Ryan (Max Thieriot), lives.
Nobody likes him and neighbours try several times to buy the house from him so that they can demolish it to save the value of the neighbourhood. He refuses, and that's expected.
The neighbourhood gains new neighbours in divorced mom Sarah (Elizabeth Shue) and daughter Elissa (Jennifer Lawrence).
Against Sarah's wishes Ellisa befriends and falls in love with Ryan. Ryan harbours a secret involving her presumably dead sister, Carrie-Ann (Eva Link).
Whether she's dead for real is questionable as somehow a girl (or must I say girls?) that resembles her keep turning up in Ryan's sordid life.
Now you begin putting your one's and two's together to come up with a conclusion. This is a horror thriller.
Your guesswork must include some stabbing, kidnapping and plot lines that don't make sense.
After this wise analysis, I think you're ready to take over my job and be a movie critic, don't you think?
One thing I lament about the House at the End of the Street is its reliance on the Jennifer Lawrence meal ticket. If you're not sure who she is I'll be most disappointed.
She's the leading girl in The Hunters Game, a movie that made a helluva noise and a lot of cheese at the box office.
Try as she does, there's not much she can do to uplift the shabbiness of this haunted house movie. The script is horrible.
If I were in Jen's shoes, after the success she's had with The Hunters Game and Winter's Bone, I wouldn't want to be associated with the House at the End of the Street.
But that's my take; you're more than welcome to go see it. Maybe you're a lover of B-horror movies with a terrible take-off and a lukewarm story all-round.
The House at the End of the Street. My gosh, what a waste this is of Lawrence's immense acting talent.
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