My girlfriend and I rented this film hoping to experience a bit of a psychological chiller/horror. Unfortunately the only horrifying thing about this film is that it was ever given the green light.
I'm 25 years old and have watched a lot of movies, undoubtedly this is one of the worst films I have EVER seen. It can't even be appreciated in an ironic way, it's just real chore to watch. Everything about it is disastrously misjudged; The storyline, dialogue, editing, cinematography, all of it. It's a lesson in how NOT to make a movie.
Let's go into detail:
The storyline is bafflingly chaotic, veering from tired cliché to tired cliché with no thematic continuity. I found the scenes involving apparent sexual abuse to be incredibly uncomfortable - not because I felt anything for the characters - but because they seemed shoe-horned in to provide titillation. Unfortunately they serve to suggest that this film was written/shot/produced by a bunch of aging perverts.
The dialogue is hilariously wooden and so blindingly misjudged I wouldn't be surprised to hear it was written by an autistic 8-year old.
I don't think this movie ever saw an edit suite. There are numerous scenes in which the shot lingers long after the dialogue/action is over, and for no apparent reason. This makes the film look incredibly amateur and feel even more disjointed and haphazard.
The cinematography is truly abysmal. At times characters heads are cut out of shot. There doesn't seem to have been any attention paid to framing, lighting - anything. I could honestly have produced a better looking film using my 4 year old cell phone and Windows Movie Maker.
In summary, this film is an absolute shambles. If it wasn't so painfully tedious I would recommend film students watch it to learn what not to do. But given its unwieldy length, chaotic storyline, nonsensical plot and awkwardly basic dialogue I would recommend everyone avoid it.