directed by David Koepp
There's none of that here. There may or may not be supernatural elements. I think that there are but different viewers may see things differently. Maybe a psychological thriller would be a better way to describe this movie. Although the story's ending was to me a bit predictable, I watch a lot of these sorts of movies.
For the casual thriller or horror film viewer this movie might be a breath of fresh air. And for people who refuse to watch horror or thriller films on general principle because of the violence, this film lacks explicit violence.
I've written before that it must take a special person to marry and to remain married to a working musician, an actor/actress, a model. First, your special rider is often away from home for months at a time, something which just by definition would appear to make staying happily married more difficult, at least in the beginning. Next, in the case of actors or models as part of their job they may appear nude, semi-nude, or otherwise display body parts which their wife or husband thinks that only he or she should be seeing.
Hall of Fame baseball player Joe DiMaggio was disgusted, embarrassed and angered when his then wife Marilyn Monroe, filming The Seven Year Itch, stood over a subway grate to let the hot air send her dress flying skyward while everyone took pictures. What was just business and a little fun for Monroe was apparently the last straw for DiMaggio. Later on the couple fought, divorcing soon afterwards.
But he can hear Susanna's loud "expressions of joy" as she completes filming a take of a lovemaking scene, one in which she is nude. This bothers Theo, not only because he's not on the list but because Susanna never ever sounds like that when she's with him. And Theo like most older men, isn't kicking the stall as hard as he used to kick in his younger days. Susanna claims it was just a mixup with security and the producers that prevented Theo from getting on set. Theo's not so sure.
Both for vacation and to put some fire back into the marriage Theo and Susanna rent a country home in Wales. It's a strange home however. It's modern and cold. It's not exactly what either one of the couple expected. They also later discover that neither of them rented it. They each thought the other did.
The home seems larger on the inside than it should be. For some reason Susanna tells the precocious Ella a secret about Theo that Theo didn't think was Susanna's to share. It's easy to get lost in the home. And time appears to pass in different ways.
This was a decent, not great movie that relies on Bacon to do all the heavy lifting. It has some things to say about guilt, forgiveness, marriage, parenthood and manhood among other topics. I didn't think it had real scares or chills. I found it ultimately too timid. But as mentioned it might work if you're looking for light horror.
