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Summary: Intense? Not so much...
Review: Okay, I was ready to be on the edge of my seat. Go ahead, scare me! Well, I stayed in the middle of my seat and was somewhat entertained, but suspense? Maybe a little. These bad guys actually cracked me up. Dwight Yoakham, I have to say, can deliver the bad guy like nobody else. I didn't even recognize him for awhile. The camera work was...interesting. Made me slightly nauseous. I didn't see how it affected the story or complemented the movie. Something they just thought would be really "cutting edge". The outcome of the movie is predictable (c'mon! You think they're gonna kill off Jodie Foster?). The actual ending was, in a word, bad. But all in all, I can't say I hated it. I call a rental and be done with it.
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Summary: Entertaining....but I expected SO much more...OH Well !!!
Review: I went and viewed this movie the day it came out. [...] we were expecting ALOT out of this movie, and we all were expecting Jodie Foster to Blow Us Away. Sad to say, It didn't happen. This movie all around was very entertaining, but it lacked any serious suprises, and Jodie Foster didn't give enough. I am NOT saying that she did a bad job, actually she did a wonderful job, and is a first class Actress. But in a couple of scenes where she is crying over her recent divorce, the moments of Emotion seemed pushed. I was not convinced that she was really sad over her failed marraige, rather just pertending to cry for attention. Like I stated before, the movie lacked any real suprises. If you have seen atleast two trailers, that's all there is. NOTHING MORE!!! Maybe even after One Trailer, it could have been enough to spoil it for you. The exact same thing occured with a movie released a couple of years ago called "The Game". They Gave us TOO MUCH!!! But, If you go to watch it, It is Entertaining Enough, but I don't think you would like to watch it in Theatres more than once. Enjoy!!!
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Summary: A Fantastic Suspense-Thriller!!!!!!
Review: I saw this movie with a few of my friends and boy i have to tell ya it was the best thriller ive seen this year! The movie exihbits fantasic camera shots as well as the edge-of-seat suspense most moviegoers want to have when seeing a thriller. The plot is well written as well as the casting. I must say, if you have high blood pressure, make sure you take your medication before you go see this movie. They should definitely have a warning sign put outside the movie enterance!
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Summary: Never Again
Review: The amount of spectacle this movie has attracted is atrocious. This movie is all gimmick, none of which is good. When the most interesting character in a film is Jared Leto, you know the film is destined to be a trash-heap of commodified editing technique and ridiculous gore.
This film was and will always be known as a comedy. The audience laughed throughout, not from an uncomfortable fear but because they needed these ham-handed gags to stay awake.
There is not a single chiling moment in this totally drawn-out plot line. Forget about it. The camera work, these ridiculous whip-shots and trace shots taken with digital ease, is distracting and boring, not stylistic.
Fincher played with these ideas in Fight Club and Seven to much greater avail. Now he just seems to be going through the motions. The acting was just ok, the writing was detestable, the characters were all very boring, the violence was gratuitous and tiresome.
This movie was a walk-out. If you're interested in Fincher, you will not be pleased, if you don't kow Fincher, you may feel like these styistic choices are all new thorough-fare to be consumed, but you're wrong, it's just recycled trash from older and better films.
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Summary: Great Actors, but not great story.
Review: All the actors, especially Jodie Foster and Forest Whitaker, do outstanding jobs in their roles. In the beginning, you start to believe this thriller will be a game of wits. But in the middle of it, Jodie Foster's character starts doing things that, given the circumstances, is just ridiculous. The burglars have so many options to place the circumstances back into their favor, but rather than have the advantage (even though they have a great bargaining tool at their expense), they do things that are just plain stupid. A person with any decent sense of common sense could do better. Worth watching for some great acting, but because of the [bad] story, wait for the bargain theaters or wait for video.
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Summary: Overrated & Underwritten
Review: I truly believe the script of this film was orginally entitled "Home Alone 4 starring Jody Foster." At least the Macaulay Culkin films cut from the same cloth were somewhat comedic. As a suspense-thriller, this mess was a tragic waste of Ms. Foster's considerable acting talent and this theatergoer's time and money.
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Summary: Do Panic!
Review: Panic Room is the best thriller I have seen in years with this much style and energy. Jodie Foster is believable as the divorced Mom.I wish she did more like this because you hardly see Jodi Foster in movies anymore ,but this is a trimph for Foster! Director, David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) has much for an eye of capturing his actors and his style of the movie.I'm giving this a bonus because it's very rare when the main charactor doesn't do anything stupid! huray. The film is geniously suspensefull. It always is true to what it is and never anything else.I loved Panic Room and I can garenttee that you will have a good time seeing it. No matter if you like it or don't.... you will have a good time. It is not a horror film at all for those who don't like them. I am suggesting that everyone who reads this should see Panic Room. It's a lot of fun for everyone in your household! rated R for violence,and language nothing else.
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Summary: Panic Room
Review: A very awesome and suspensful Jodie Foster flick. The preveiws may look like this movie is kind of scary , but not really . More suspensful than scary actually. I liked this movie because even though it had only five characters , they carried the movie on so well . Good example of this also happening , Tom Hanks in
Cast Away . Go see it! Starring: Jodie Foster , Forest Whitaker , Kristen Stewart , Jared Leto , and Dwight Yokem.
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Summary: What I Expected
Review: David Fincher is one great director, and maybe the only that was able to make a mess-of-a-movie a three star experience. I loved what he did with "Seven", a dark film, along with "Fight Club", an equally dark movie. My biggets complaint about "Panic Room", though, is how stereotypical it really is. Let's examine it: First, we are given a likeable woman that is suffering through a rough divorce because her husband cheated on her. Her daughter lives with her, and she is diabetic, needing medication and much-needed attention. Then we're given our three crooks: the first is a whining, complaining idiot that we're all supposed to hate. This works beautifully. The second is a masked man with a fake name, a man willing to kill without a second thought, which is the opposite of our third crook, a man that reminded me more of Michael Clarke Duncan's John Coffey of "The Green Mile" than a criminal. He has no point until the end. With these aspects alone, this is a very dull, predictable movie. I had it figured out ten minutes into the film--literally. But with Fincher, I was hoping for a twist that never came. Too bad. The only reason I gave this film three stars is because Fincher was able to bring the panic room to life. I had never heard of one until watching the trailer for this film, and still thought they were ficticious until I saw an article about them in the paper. This movie is deserving of the three stars I awarded it, and nothing more. If anything, this is a generous review, and without a talented director like David Fincher, we'd've certainly had a bomb on our hands. See it at the budget. It'll be cheaper than renting it.
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Summary: Camera work gets the star....
Review: Everyone by now knows the premise of this story. It's a sure "hook" to get the customer in. The camera work is creative and almost distracts the viewer from the story which doesn't matter since there is really no plot to follow. Kristen Stewart is quite good but for the life of me I cannot understand why Jodie Foster gets all the accolades. She is one of the most wooden actors in films. Check the dialogue at the front door. She's so bad I cringed. Her voice never rises above a monotone in all her movies and less is better does not fit this story. Her screaming scene isn't even effective or believable. In closing, this movie is a big bore and I resent the money I put out to see it.
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