Very mediocre horror flick. Nothing spectacular, creepy at times, a few quasi-scary moments and some decidedly so-so acting. This movie was my first exposure to EVP theory so I have no idea if it's accurate in its portrayal of EVP, but it didn't do much to make me believe in EVP.
I had a lot of problems with the motivations of the main characters as well as the overall acting. Maybe it's because I'm skeptical of EVP, but I never understood Michael Keaton's character going off the rails like he did. I don't know why he basically dropped his regular life and took up EVP. Keaton failed to project the kind of pain and obsession that his character was supposedly experiencing. It almost seemed as if he wasn't really going through any pain at all. If you compare Keaton's performance to that of Richard Gere's character in Mothman Prophecies, another character with a dead wife, it's no comparison. Gere made you believe his character was going through an emotional roller-coaster while Keaton just made you wonder how his character was handling things so well.
And then there's the ending. I won't ruin it, except to say that I found it unsatisfying. Kind of like the whole movie. This movie is very mediocre. Good if you want to watch a slightly creepy movie, but those are getting to be a dime a dozen these days. 4/10
I had a lot of problems with the motivations of the main characters as well as the overall acting. Maybe it's because I'm skeptical of EVP, but I never understood Michael Keaton's character going off the rails like he did. I don't know why he basically dropped his regular life and took up EVP. Keaton failed to project the kind of pain and obsession that his character was supposedly experiencing. It almost seemed as if he wasn't really going through any pain at all. If you compare Keaton's performance to that of Richard Gere's character in Mothman Prophecies, another character with a dead wife, it's no comparison. Gere made you believe his character was going through an emotional roller-coaster while Keaton just made you wonder how his character was handling things so well.
And then there's the ending. I won't ruin it, except to say that I found it unsatisfying. Kind of like the whole movie. This movie is very mediocre. Good if you want to watch a slightly creepy movie, but those are getting to be a dime a dozen these days. 4/10