Unfortunately "Dream House" has a great cast (Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, & Naomi Watts) but the script is terrible and the result is something like a well-cast Lifetime movie. I labeled this film as "suspense" but the suspense was watered down when the publicity for the film gave away what should've been the twist. The film centers on Daniel Craig as Peter Ward, whose family was murdered and while he was suspected he was institutionalized, declared unfit for trial, and released. He returns to the family home and develops this fantasy world where he is Will Atenton and living in the home with his wife and two daughters, calling them by different names. He starts to think that Peter Ward is stalking his family and investigates Ward. Of course he finds out that he is Ward and this fantasy is to protect himself from the truth of the murders. Naomi Watts is a neighbor/friend who attempts to help Peter figure out what happened to his family.
Like I said, the publicity for the film gave away the twist of Peter and Will being the same person so that really limits the suspense of the movie. With such a good cast this movie could have been really something great but unfortunately it's just a mess. Apparently the director, Craig, and Weisz were so disappointed with the final cut of the movie that they refused to promote it and I have to agree with them. This film gets a D from me - don't rent it just wait for it to be on cable (or Lifetime).
Liked it. Didn't know about the ending beforehand so it kept my suspense.
ReplyDeleteActing very good.
On a scale from 1-10, I give it a 6.5