Oh, dear. What an overwrought, bombastic, pretentious exercise in melodrama this is. The plot is so Byzantine and convoluted it induces vertigo. And it would be one thing if the movie propelled the action forward with some kind of urgency, but no. Look up "turgid" in your Funk and Wagnalls and this will be Example A. Things move with all the alacrity of a snail having a bad day. There is way too much talk (and talk and talk) as opposed to action. And the sojourn into the supernatural gives the movie an unnecessary touch of Grand Guignol. The final resolution is simply preposterous. The only reason I watched to the end was curiosity as to how they world tie all these improbabilities up in a coherent way. They didn't.
Review of The Pale Blue Eye
