Clearly, this movie was not intended to be a five star movie that was going to win an Oscar, it's just a good fun, psychological thriller. The only reason I'm giving this movie a seven and not a four, is because I personally like Freddie Prinze Junior. He is a super nice guy, but the acting was not so great. In fact, the acting was bad by everybody, except for their son, and may be a little bit by the daughter and Monica Potter and Kevin Pollak. I think it would've been better with just brand new actors who were actually good.
I really like the cinematography, so the whole look of the movie was perfect.
Whoever wrote this movie just did not do a great job. You had me up until like 75% through and then the last 25% was just unusual, and not unusual in a great way. It just seem like the boss said hurry up and finish an ending, and this is what they came up with.
Maybe the acting would've been better if they would've been given a better script.
Freddie Prinze Junior just doesn't quite have the acting down, and it needs to be a little bit more natural, but in his defense, these type of lifetime movies don't usually have primo acting. It's almost like a soap opera mixed with a suspense thriller. Kind of like back in the 1940s and 1950s when they had to do everything over the top. So I don't know who to blame the actors or the script
But at the end of the day I could watch movies like this all the time, because they're entertaining, and I like the thriller aspect of it, it was kind of juicy, but a little bit light on the acting in the plot, but otherwise, really enjoyable. That guy who played the son, perhaps has a future.
People need to be a little bit more relaxed, the over the top acting just doesn't seem authentic.
