vbrajovic79

There is really nothing much to say about it. A pretentious director, paired with an actress with mediocre talent at best, and both of them really convinced that they're doing something seriously scary and good... Unfortunately, it can't be further from the truth. The screenplay isn't neither scary nor inventive, the direction is pedestrian at best, and the acting is borderline amateurish, with the leading actress whose accent sounds as fake as she is in some lousy high-school play.... There is literally not ONE truly scary or suspenseful moment in the movie, and, although I didn't love Ti West's previous overrated but competent movie X, this one is a serious step in the wrong direction when it comes to possible franchise-building out of this non-inventive, pretentious crap. Two stars is a generous grade for this dreck, IMHO.

Awful writing, lousy directing, pointless movie...this is as far as it can get when it comes to destroying the beloved characters and totally ruining one of the best tv shows in recent years. I feel sorry for some wonderful actors who were used, abused and in the end totally wasted in this deadly serious piece of dreck that painfully tries to pass for a legitimate dramatic movie. Jon Voight is, of course, great in this, but also underused as a sort of Mcguffin to move the script from one point to the next, all along with tragically miscalculated and pretentious finale. They even managed to make great Liev Schreiber look bad in this, and that is an achievement! If I could, I would rate this ZERO stars, mostly for betraying fans of the show, but also for betraying them with one lousy movie filled with stilted performances and abysmall writing. Ray Donovan deserved a better send off!