The Uninvited
Posted on 01. Jun, 2009 by Sy in New Release DVD
Or, “The UnInteresting”
You know those movies you sit through where nothing happens for the first hour and ten miniutes? well, The Uninvited is one of those movies. It’s only saving grave was Elizabeth Banks, she gave a pretty solid performance dispite it being a drab, stale and badly acted film.
One thing I couldn’t figure out was the character “Alex” played Arielle Kebbel – I thought it was Mandy Moore, in fact, I was so sure it was her (back from a time machine adventure or something) I placed a small wager with my wife, only to check IMDB after the movie had ended. Oh well, dishes for the next week I suppose…
Apparently this movie is a remake of a classic which I haven’t seen, though after this typical hollywood crime/drama/thriller/horror/snorefest I’m probably not going to bother with it as it will probably drudge up bad memories of my two hours wasted watching this movie.
Something has been irking me with the last year or so of movies with teen lead actors. The “over acting” you know, when they go way OTT, facial expressions turn into “Cm’mon, you can nail this scene!!” you can just vision the 31 takes it took to get that look. What happened to natural talent and acting ability? Guess we have the Wayans brothers and co to thank for that. (Dance flick anyone?)
This movie was bad. Struggling to find a none offensive adjective so yeah, I’ll stick with “bad.” Don’t rent it, don’t get it On demand, don’t watch it if your sister inlaw loans you the DVD. She’s giving it to you for a reason.
2/10
Serina
Jun 1st, 2009
Oh cmon! It wasn’t THAT bad! I kinda liked it and the end was a total twist! I’d give it a hmmm 4? 4 and a half! It made me jump twice so it gets an extra half point
The girls were cute and I found it interesting in places… plus the start didn’t feel as slow to me as it did you.. perhaps we should file this under “chic flick thriller”?
Sy
Jun 1st, 2009
Too late, i already filed it under “c” for crap.
TeeTee
Jul 25th, 2009
I watched this movie three times and loved every minute of it! I thought the lead character was beautiful and thought Banks was the drab one who didn’t add anything to the movie. She should stick to comedies
sts
May 29th, 2010
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