"Red Lights" follows two academics, Margaret (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom (Cillian Murphy), who study the paranormal but their specialty is debunking supernatural phenomena. Despite Margaret's warnings Tom becomes obsessed with investigating a popular psychic, Simon Silver (Robert DeNiro), who begins making public appearances after a 30-year retirement that coincided with his greatest critic's mysterious death.
This film has a really strong cast - Weaver, Murphy, and DeNiro are solid plus there's supporting performances by Joely Richardson and Elizabeth Olsen. Murphy is especially stand-out in this role. The script has weak moments as the story starts off well, then kind of gets stuck in a rut in the middle, and then attempts to recover at the end. Personally I was okay with the ending but I can see where some wouldn't find it satisfying. I think the bogged-down parts of the film and an ending that might be a turn-off is where many reviewers got turned off on this film.
This film deserves a bigger audience than it's gotten but it's not for everyone. You've got to ride through the whole film, weak moments and all, to get to the big twist at the end. B for me.
C for me. Cast wonderful. Maybe cuz I stopped and continued on another day it lessened the letter for me. Would have loved to see more of Sigourney but...
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