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I've seen some bad movies in my time but this one goes down as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. There is not one redeeming thing to this unoriginal, depressing, weird, pathetic "thriller"-and that's being kind.
Firstly, this is another tale of obsessive personalities resembling such movies as "Single white female", "The hand that rocks the cradle" etc etc. Mostly, those types of movies have become overdone and are not good unless they have some type of hook. This movie has a hook alright only it may as well shout out:"UNWATCHABLE". There are resemblances from every other movie of this type imaginable plus Poison Ivy is just dark, dismal, uninteresting and pretty much unwatchable. It is reasonably well acted but even the talented cast can't save this one.
The movie seems to have borrowed all the worst characteristics from it's predecessors while keeping none of the best. Cheryl Ladd is extraordinary(she is perhaps one of the most underrated actresses I've seen) and Gilbert and Barrymore are actually good but the script is cliché and depressing and lacks any kind of energy to it. You just sort of coast along wanting the movie to end. Barrymore, as good as she is does not make her character remotely interesting, you just dislike her from the beginning. A good comparison would be "The hand that rocks the Cradle", that movie is completely unoriginal but Rebecca De mornay plays her character in such an edgy way, she hooks you in-you wanna know what Peyton's gonna do next. With this movie it's dreary to begin with but there isn't anything else happening to make it remotely interesting.
I'd have to give this movie about a zero but maybe because of Ladd I'll give it a 1. A harsh review but if a movie is gonna START OFF with an unoriginal plot like this it should have something else going for it to make it interesting.
I've seen some bad movies in my time but this one goes down as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. There is not one redeeming thing to this unoriginal, depressing, weird, pathetic "thriller"-and that's being kind.
Firstly, this is another tale of obsessive personalities resembling such movies as "Single white female", "The hand that rocks the cradle" etc etc. Mostly, those types of movies have become overdone and are not good unless they have some type of hook. This movie has a hook alright only it may as well shout out:"UNWATCHABLE". There are resemblances from every other movie of this type imaginable plus Poison Ivy is just dark, dismal, uninteresting and pretty much unwatchable. It is reasonably well acted but even the talented cast can't save this one.
The movie seems to have borrowed all the worst characteristics from it's predecessors while keeping none of the best. Cheryl Ladd is extraordinary(she is perhaps one of the most underrated actresses I've seen) and Gilbert and Barrymore are actually good but the script is cliché and depressing and lacks any kind of energy to it. You just sort of coast along wanting the movie to end. Barrymore, as good as she is does not make her character remotely interesting, you just dislike her from the beginning. A good comparison would be "The hand that rocks the Cradle", that movie is completely unoriginal but Rebecca De mornay plays her character in such an edgy way, she hooks you in-you wanna know what Peyton's gonna do next. With this movie it's dreary to begin with but there isn't anything else happening to make it remotely interesting.
I'd have to give this movie about a zero but maybe because of Ladd I'll give it a 1. A harsh review but if a movie is gonna START OFF with an unoriginal plot like this it should have something else going for it to make it interesting.