i am totally in two minds about this film.. i dunno where to start..
i *think* i enjoyed it.. but it's hard to tell..
the film started out as a tense thriller, with lots of strange noises behind closed doors & mysterious meat products.. then without warning i was watching a sweet romance, which was actually good enough for me to *forget* what the movie had started out as.. i was aching to be held in sarsgaard's arms myself ! then BOOYAH ! it's a thriller again.. only.. which could've almost worked, if the film didn't close with what *seemed* to be the suggestion that sarsgaard was a cross-dresser.. and then the predictable 'is he or isn't he' ( a killer, not a cross-dresser ) ending..
and all the dates were messing me up.. i couldn't tell if it was important to note them or if it was just a really bad way of showing the passing of time..
at the end of the day, housebound kinda feels like a really bad student film with a few really good moments.. but you're left feeling like you liked it anyway.. maybe.. or maybe it's just sarsgaard's eyes that're pulling me in..
*shrug*
either way, you should watch it just so you can tell me what the hell was going on : |
i *think* i enjoyed it.. but it's hard to tell..
the film started out as a tense thriller, with lots of strange noises behind closed doors & mysterious meat products.. then without warning i was watching a sweet romance, which was actually good enough for me to *forget* what the movie had started out as.. i was aching to be held in sarsgaard's arms myself ! then BOOYAH ! it's a thriller again.. only.. which could've almost worked, if the film didn't close with what *seemed* to be the suggestion that sarsgaard was a cross-dresser.. and then the predictable 'is he or isn't he' ( a killer, not a cross-dresser ) ending..
and all the dates were messing me up.. i couldn't tell if it was important to note them or if it was just a really bad way of showing the passing of time..
at the end of the day, housebound kinda feels like a really bad student film with a few really good moments.. but you're left feeling like you liked it anyway.. maybe.. or maybe it's just sarsgaard's eyes that're pulling me in..
*shrug*
either way, you should watch it just so you can tell me what the hell was going on : |