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There's a reason there are almost no links/reviews to this movie: most critics don't bother with B-movies. Well, except for maybe B-critics, and the ones on here have applauded this cinematic crap with such enthusiasm that I feel the need to set the record straight.
Thriller my ass. NOTHING is scary; most of the film is spent watching Girl A be a bitch to Girl B, who's too dumb to figure out she's being had. The first 95 minutes feel like an unnecessary drag, mostly because of repetition. Every trick the sinister babysitter pulls on the family (most of which were borrowed from better movies) feels at the same level as the last one, giving a feeling of beating around the bush, and predictability.
The rate at which our hero catches on is artificially slow -- "gee, it sure is baffling how all my asthma sprays could suddenly be depleted simultaneously!" Nor are characters immune to the lack of realism. The child's lines and emotional responses are laughably fake, and by the way, this film isn't any less shy about black caricatures than it is about female nudity. There's not much reward to watching the final 15 minutes either, unless a catfight and cheap "BOO!" scares are your thing.
Skip this and go for another Fatal Attraction rental.
score 2/10
CrunchyCookie 17 April 2004
Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw0307929/ |
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