Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

castlekc4 Would've been excellent if someone else played Rachel..... and the musical score is incredible

mark.waltz "Maybe the dead miss us more than we miss them." So says the adorable young Scotsman (Hans Matheson) who befriends a grieving mother (Demi Moore) who has gone from London to the Scottish isles to grieve and work on her latest novel. She befriends Matheson who offers her a sweet friendship that goes beyond what she expected, and when the truth comes out about him, in addition to some strong nightmares of her own in regards to her dead son whom she takes responsibility for his death by drowning. Having been out of the limelight in major movie making for some time, Moore isn't somebody whose career I'd follow, but this one is surprisingly quite good. Everything from the setup of the poor kid's death to her arrival in Scotland, the romance that blooms, and the mystery surrounding why she is being haunted. Matheson, quietly sexy, gives enough hints to add a dark danger to his character, bringing on some shocking twists and keeping you gripped. Great scenery and a beautiful musical score add to the effectiveness of most of the film. Not since "The Woman in White" has there been a Gothic mystery filled with romance, psychological twists and a ton of surprises. While I wish that the writers had chosen a different path with one of the major twists, I felt that in spite of its ridiculousness, they handled it fairly well considering, even adding in a ghostly surprise to top it all off. This is the type of film that won't go down as a ghostly classic, but won't have you shouting "boo!"

Beginthebeguine Not much to say about Craig Rosenberg since he had not worked much before this movie as a director, or since this movie's release. His minor credits are public knowledge on the IMDb. The film is poorly edited and jumpy at times, there is also problems with the lighting and framing (which I thought might be on purpose, but I cannot see why so many shots are mis-framed). This film came along after Ms. Moore had not worked in several years, and whether that was by choice or not, the first film back probably did not give her many options. She is a fine actress and she does the best with what she had to work with. In fact, I cannot really see where any of the actors did not do their job and try to sell this film. The real problem behind this film is that it is just rehashed plots from different films. The ending is rushed and not thought out, neither is it set up by the end of the second act--which it should be with such a twist--which is a betrayal of the audience. In the end the fault is with the director and screenwriter, and like his screenplay "The Uninvited" this film is uninviting....

duncanfraser77 This film wasn't predictable. I liked the atmosphere it built up. It was convincing as a ghost story although at the very end I felt there was a plot development that let it down a bit. But I was gripped for long periods. And scared. And I don't usually get scared by scary films.One point about the accents. This is supposed to be set in a Gaelic-speaking Highland community but when the locals talk in English they don't have Highland accents. They don't even have Lowland accents - they talk in a kind of Stage Scottish which doesn't exist anywhere except in films about Scotland. Still, I suppose this Stage Scottish keeps being used to signal to the rest of the world that the film is set in Scotland.