The Ravine

First, the "thriller" shelving is all wrong. It's only labeled such as a marketing tactic. At no point is a protagonist in danger. There is some "mystery," but that's hardly the point of the movie. It's a spiritual drama.

Had it been shelved appropriately, I wouldn't have watched it tbh. But since I did, I must admit that I did desire to see the solution. It was a let-down. Even if I was interested in a spiritual drama, I wouldn't have been pleased. The film is almost entirely exposition and artlessly done. It's obvious and it all falls flat.

I gave it a chance because it was on sale on Prime for 99 cents and because I recognized. Teri Polo from earlier work and Eric Dane from Euphoria. As skilled as they are, they couldn't save this project from poor writing and cinematography. A dollars a dollar but that 2 hours (a full 2 hour) would be nice to have back.

Just like all the other warnings we get with any movie, like Violence, Drug Use, Smoking, Nudity, Language this one should have an 'Excessive Christianity' warning.

Great acting, good direction and cinematography. Too long, confusing plot with dead ends, too much time traveling (jumping back and forth in time).

What begins as serious murder mystery drama turns into a religious movie with visions and magic butterflies.

Not sure why I have to submit six hundred characters in this comment when other comments that are way short of six hundred characters. There, eezacktly six hundred characters.

I enjoyed the film - even though the subject matter is not pleasant. Great cast and performances, in my opinion. A film built on spirituality, grief, and redemption. It's a drama, not a whodunit murder mystery. If religious movies turn you off - this won't be your cup of tea.

This movie was not a mystery OR a thriller. It was some kind of supernatural-old woman-can-see-things movie. I kept waiting for it to get good or even decent, but it never did.

Another thing this movie isn't is FIVE stars - it's not even TWO stars! The people who made this movie must've coerced everyone they know to get this movie to the 5 star rating on the platform I rented it from - that's the only thing that makes sense.

Please, and what I've said is just my opinion - you may feel differently, but please, don't buy this movie. If you have to waste your money and time on it - maybe because you lost a dare or a bet - rent it, and then try to forget it. Shouldn't be hard.

It's like two completely separate movies were cut in half and then just taped together. If they had gone with the whodunit theme, or had gone with the Christianity theme of forgiveness and overcoming evil, either way would've been fine. But the fact that the trailer set it up more as a whodunit,and they didn't finish it in that manner, it just really didn't make any sense.