Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Adeel Hail Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Kirpianuscus far to be great, it is a correct homework.and, for me at least, memorable for few tricks who are useful for create more than sketches of characters but realistic images of different types. the rules of thriller are respected, the story has many twins, the music represents inspired frame for story, the atmosphere of a small place in front with danger is plausible and Radha Mitchell does more than a good role. the basic virtue - the use of many clichés from genre in wise manner. and, in same measure, the science to explore ambiguity in smart manner. short, a decent thriller. maybe, little more. because it gives more than violence and tension, blood or innocent victims. but a story and not bad characters.

pttibg I'm a dial twitcher & world weary...pretty much have seen it all already. Turned this on TV & watched a little & switched to another channel. Had to turn back...it was that compelling. Highly recommend for all the reasons any of the other reviewers did AND that it held my interest, which is a good enough reason for me to watch anything. Had to suspend belief to buy that this many very good looking people, ESPECIALLY Josh Lucas, who could easily be a candidate to fill the shoes of Paul Newman with those eyes, would be doing such evil things or living such strange lives. Must've been something real important on that CD.

Brad Z "When Strangers Appear" is problematic in many ways. It is the kind of movie after which a viewer often feels duped. The plot is secondary to the action. Characters are introduced for the sole purpose of confusing the viewer. I enjoy suspense movies, but this offering hardly lives up to the movie part of that formula. It is nothing but a vehicle for shocking-if unexplained and probably unexplainable-imagery. Of course, these scenes don't really advance the story as such, which is actually a superficial structure laid on top of a series of cheap cliffhangers. This movie is not absurdist (Pasolini would twirl in his grave if that label were ever applied to this picture) but just absurd. I can't believe a producer gave this script the green light.

MagicStarfire 9 Stars out of 10.This film was exceptionally well done, tight storyline, good pacing and action, and very good performances by the entire cast.The only reason I did not give it 10 was because they fail to tell the viewer what IS on that computer disc. Of course, if this is based on a true story (I don't know if it is or not), then I guess the girl telling the story would not know the answer to that.The story begins with Beth, a very nice looking young woman (Radha Mitchell) walking down a dusty road to her job at the small, out of the way diner she runs.She's hoping for a lift, but instead gets a dusting from a car that passes her by. The driver, a young man, turns up shortly afterward at the diner.He is behaving somewhat mysteriously and looks to be a drifter or perhaps someone wanted by the police.Beth, nonetheless, gets to conversing with him - perhaps because she's lonesome or bored or just curious.No one else is in the diner, and then three young men show up together in a car. The first young man hides behind the counter in the diner and indicates to Beth that these three men are after him. He tells a story that he accidentally cut them off on the road and that they caught up with him, forced him off the road, beat him, and stabbed him.Beth doesn't call the police. She doesn't like cops, especially the local one, Bryce (Kevin Anderson) - for a very good reason - as we discover.As the story progresses, we don't know who is telling the truth and who is lying.Is Peter (Josh Lucas)(one of the three men who arrived together), helping Beth out because he is smitten with her, or is it something more.Is Jack (the young man who was stabbed)(Barry Watson), a schizophrenic in the grip of an delusional episode? Or are Peter and his three associates the true villains? What is the connection between these four men? And who can Beth turn to as the net around her tightens? I saw this on the Lifetime channel, but it is definitely way above the usual. This kept me on the edge of my seat, and kept me guessing throughout.