An average movie

I always had a weak spot for both Nicole Kidman and Alec Kidman so I was quite eager to check this flick, even though I wasn’t expecting much, to be honest. Back in those days, Nicole Kidman was mostly known as ‘Mrs Tom Cruise’ and she was still struggling to be taken seriously as an actress (it will start to change 2 years later with ‘To die for’). For Alec Baldwin, the situation was not much better and he was also struggling to become a bonafide leading man. To round up the cast, you had Bill Pullman and (a very young) Gwyneth Paltrow. Eventually, for both Kidman and Baldwin, this movie wouldn’t really improve much their career, I’m afraid. Indeed, basically, it is a rather basic and underwhelming thriller which tries to create a tense mood with some spooky music. Basically, no substance whatsoever and all atmosphere. Of course, since you are dealing with an Hollywood production here, you have a series of idiotic twists towards the end (something I always rather dread) so I really had a hard time to care about the whole thing. To conclude, even though I have seen worse, it still remains a rather underwhelming thriller and I don’t think it is really worth a look, even if you like the genre.

5/10