While the pacing of this film was glacially slow, there were some good character developments and beautiful photography of a coastal retreat.
Carly Travers is a popular writer of true crime. With her out-of-work actor husband Kevin, Carly is interested in researching the background on the patrician Crawford family to whom she is related. It is difficult to imagine two characters as different in temperament as Carly (ambitious, decent, honest) and Kevin (lackadaisical, insensitive, dishonest).
The screenplay moves the action into the past with the death of Lady Diana Crawford. This is a cold case that is still controversial among the small community of Pleasant Bay, and Carly is eager to learn about Diana's formidable husband, John Henry. A haunting portrait of Diana hangs in Crawford Manor, and it curiously bears a strong resemblance to Carly herself.
There was a good payoff to the film in the merging of the Crawford history and the drama faced by Carly with a crazed "fan." You'll have wade through most of the film to finally arrive at the big revelation and the message. A writer of true crime always runs the risk of damaging the lives of the survivors, as she writes about the violence inflicted on their loved ones.
For Carly as a writer, it was important to tell the truth, which is why she carefully researches her subjects. In the case of her first book, "Disappearance From Route 9," however, someone got their feeling hurt. Now, she comes to believe that the saga of Lady Diana is a story the must be told. Welcome to Crawford Island, Carly!
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