dancerwh86

This is perhaps the worst horror movie to come out in a long time and that's saying a lot. Even the promised gore really only filled a small portion of the film. The direction made almost no sense, the dialogue was ridiculously bad. It made Saw look like an Oscar worthy film. People are comparing it to Don't Look Now or The Wicker Man...It can't even hold a flame to either of those. The characters aren't developed at all...Except for a few sentences of backstory that were really irrelvant in the long run. I found myself laughing more than anything. If you've seen the previews you've pretty much seen the whole movie. It's an absolute waste of money and an absolute waste of time.

When I finally found this movie, I had been looking for it for quite some time. I have been a very big Eddie Izzard fan for a long time and also a FRIENDS fan, so it was definitely something I wanted to see. And I think it met my expectations. No it isn't an Oscar-worty movie or anything like that, but it is throughly enjoyable. It is the best thing aside from Friends that I've ever seen Matt Le Blanc in (I know that isn't saying a *lot*, but he does give a decent performance). The stand out as many people have said is obviously Eddie Izzard. The fact that he is a more polished comedian and since he is a transvestite in reality he seems pretty comfortable in the plot. He also has the best timing of them all. The only true complaint I have about this movie is that on the DVD in order to have subtitles for the few German lines you have to have the subtitles on the whole time, but that has nothing really to do with the movie as a whole. It isn't a movie that takes a lot of concentration to watch, but that isn't always bad. I really hate that so many people have written comments basically praising everyone in it and then calling the movie awful. There are some very touching scenes especially one between Izzard's character and his boyfriend who have been apart for a long time. So I would definitely recommend this movie to a friend.

** 1/2 stars out of four.