Finders Keepers

2014
4.3| 1h25m| R| en
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A haunted doll teaches one little girl why children shouldn't play with undead things.

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Actuakers One of my all time favorites.
SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie
Glimmerubro It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.
Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.
Ralf-T Finders Keepers (2014) review. Had to write this, so nobody will loose their time watching it. . That movie is an explosion of clichés. ------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Who makes these low quality "movies" so yeah, i feel better now
David Arnold Purely as a Syfy Channel movie Finders Keepers is OK....well, compared to other garbage movies that gets shown on that channel....but overall it's still a WAY below average boring horror with very mediocre acting, no atmosphere or tension, and a shallow story.For me, the best part about this film was Kylie Rogers who does a very decent job in the role as Claire Simon, the wee girl who becomes obsessed with the doll she finds in her new house. It's amazing how these sweet innocent looking kids can do a great job (for the most part) of being vicious little s*its.Obviously, Rogers is not enough to save this film from being anything more than the dull outing that it is, however, but at least she was the one positive from this weak horror. It's just a pity there was only one positive, though.Finders Keepers MAY have been a wee bit better if more effort was put into the structure of the story and if there was more of a background. I mean, one minute Alyson & Claire are moving into a great big house (which is nonsense as well as why would a mother & daughter need such a huge house?), then the next they are fully moved in with Claire already possessed. There's no sort of build up to these events...or any events throughout the film for that matter. It's really just a mish-mash of scenes that have been edited together with no lead-ups to anything.Also, some of the scenes are pretty ridiculous as well i.e. a waitress telling a wee girl, who she doesn't know, that her doll is ugly. Really?! I guess I shouldn't complain that much seeing as this film comes from a channel that shows movies like Sharknado, Piranhaconda, Mega Python Vs Gatoroid, and Skarktopus.Finders Keepers isn't a horrible movie but I wouldn't really bother with it if I were you.
jamie_lee_stock I enjoyed the storyline, I believe the beginning of the film looked as though it would be a mixture between 'Sinister' and 'Anabelle'. As the film progresses, the horror of the film slowly deteriorated and actually became to be quite boring. I think the characters weren't as well rounded as they could have been and every new day of the film seemed to be repetitive.I enjoyed it up to about halfway, there was literally a death every 5- 10 minutes but the 'killer' was never actually revealed and it was a little confusing. The story line about a sinister doll and possessed child looked as though it could have been a winner, but was disappointed.
TheLittleSongbird For SyFy, Finders Keepers is not so bad and is a long way from their worst. As a movie in general though, it does have some good things and looks like some effort went into it but it doesn't quite come together. Starting with the positives, the movie actually looks good(and for a SyFy movie that is quite a compliment), with some very effective lighting, crisp editing and unobtrusive camera work. The music does create some atmosphere, not an exceptional one by all means but it fits the movie and doesn't try to be too obvious, the doll is very creepy-looking and there are some scary moments. A few performances come over quite well, the best of the lot coming from Kylie Rogers who is both adorable and terrifying, while Jaime Pressley is a sympathetic and somewhat touching mother figure. Most of the acting is not particularly strong, consisting of a lot of under-acting with Patrick Muldoon phoning it in, and Tobin Bell is wasted.Finders Keepers as said has some moments that are scary and suspenseful, they only came in spades rather than the movie being continually creepy. Most of the movie was lacking in scares and atmosphere for me, it was more predictable than suspenseful, the gore and scare factor were too toned down a lot of the time and a lot of moments that should have been scary came across as silly instead. The characters are almost impossible to root for and connect with, they are very underdeveloped and you get frustrated with how stupid some of their actions are as a consequence perhaps of focusing too much on the relationship between Rogers and Pressley's characters and side-lining everybody else which was a large part of why most of the acting did not register.The direction is technically competent but when it comes to maintaining momentum, atmosphere and making the characters and chemistry interesting it fails, and the dialogue is often horrid, the worst of which enough to make one cringe. The story had bags of potential and effort clearly was made to it with a very original idea, but it was a case of trying to do too much and not explaining enough, making it feel muddled and underwritten. Some of the plot twists border on idiotic, as seen in the senseless ending, and the story feels too padded out in places. And I wish they did more with the doll, it is a very creepily-designed character but there is a real sense that the writers weren't sure what it was, offering at least four different explanations as to what it really was but it was never made clear which one it actually was. Overall, for SyFy Finders Keepers was watchable but was in personal opinion was very lacking. It is not as though there isn't any talent on display here because there is, it is such a shame that that just didn't come across here. 4/10 Bethany Cox