Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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

classicsoncall For a film billed as a horror movie, I didn't find it to have much suspense at all. In fact, I thought it was pretty boring. But my main problem with the story had to do with the roommate who died leaving behind a suitcase full of money. OK, so what compelling reason was there for the other three tenants to take the corpse in the woods and hack it to pieces before burying it? The death of Hugo (Keith Allen) was not the result of any crime or illegal activity, so why not just call the police to report the incident? They weren't on the hook for the money, so why put themselves in all kind of legal jeopardy in a futile attempt to hide the body? It just didn't make sense to me. Hide the money until the coroner comes by and the corpse is taken off to the morgue. Sounds pretty simple to me. As long as that incomprehensible decision was made, I did like the way the two thugs who broke into the apartment were dealt with by David (Christopher Eccleston). There again though, where was the exposition on how the bad guys located the apartment and connected the three roommates with the missing money? All you have to do is think this through to realize that the story doesn't hold up very well in the credibility department. Taking things full circle with the suspicious roomies turning on each other worked well enough I guess, and the twist ending with the money under the floorboards where Alex (Ewan McGregor) was stabbed was pretty clever. But with all the other questionable stuff going on, this one just doesn't hold up either as a horror flick or a thriller.

Rahman Karasu First of all I have to say that I was satisfied with this movie. Ewan McGregor acts terrific. He looks very gentile and young in this movie and appears in leading role. "Shallow Grave" is a low budget film, like the other Euro-origin movies. The film has a way-out beginning. I also liked the manner of telling which made by the Christopher Ecclestone. His questioning attitude carve out the main theme of the movie. A great movie for suspense fanciers.

Leofwine_draca Clearly, Danny Boyle is a self-indulgent man. The director has wowed critics and won Oscars for fare such as TRAINSPOTTING and SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, but I'm one of those who doesn't see what all the fuss is about. The only two films of his I've genuinely liked – SUNSHINE and 28 DAYS LATER – have been genre flicks in which the director's so-called style has been put on the back burner out of necessity. The problem of Boyle is that he doesn't know how to direct people, which is why I could ignore his flaws when I had pretend zombies and sci-fi stuff to distract me from his shortcomings. But SHALLOW GRAVE, along with TRAINSPOTTING, marks the director at his worst, saddled with directing a script populated by totally unlikeable characters whom you hope will just die from the very outset.The story in this one is predictable and enlivened by nothing. The trio of main characters are repulsive bullies and the actors seem to think exaggerating every word and expression constitutes acting; not so. McGregor is annoying, Fox is despicable, and Eccleston just about gets by with a kooky turn. There's also Ken Stott, doing the detective stuff years before Rebus, and a naked Keith Allen to put you off. Things get more unbelievable as the film goes on, with bodies buried out in the woods, cars rolled off cliffs, and people hiding out in lofts. Then there's a so-called twist ending which you can see a mile off, and you're left wondering "is that it?". This film is a total bore. For an example of how to do this kind of story justice, look no further than Sam Raimi's excellent A SIMPLE PLAN.

billcr12 Years prior to winning the Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle directed the dark comedy, Shallow Grave. Ewan McGregor is Alex, a journalist, who along with his friends, David an accountant, and Julia, a doctor, rent a flat in Edinburgh. The fourth person has left and they place an ad for a replacement. After a series of rejections, they rent to a mysterious man named Hugo. He shortly thereafter dies of a drug overdose, and they find a large amount of cash hidden away. Human nature and greed soon take over as the three remaining tenants decide to divide the money up and hide the dearly departed's corpse in a shallow grave. That's when all the fun begins, as they struggle to find Hugo a final resting place. I would compare Boyle's work to the Coen brothers Fargo for it's grave(excuse the pun) view of the nature of man; and woman, in this case. It is both funny and violent, and a real hidden treasure.