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If you want a real horror movie, donât watch Cursed. If you want a movie similar to Cravenâs Scream trilogy, donât watch Cursed. If you want an average by-the-numbers horror flick with not-too-bad performances, then you...
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If you want a real horror movie, donât watch Cursed. If you want a movie similar to Cravenâs Scream trilogy, donât watch Cursed. If you want an average by-the-numbers horror flick with not-too-bad performances, then you should watch Cursed. Letâs start with the cast performances; the only thing to be said really is ânot too badâ. That pretty much sums it up. Christina Ricci plays Ellie, the disbelieving sister. And regrettably, her performance isnât too believable either. Throughout the film, it seems as if sheâs not really putting much effort into it at all. And you canât help but think that a teen genre horror flick is just somehowâ¦beneath her. Jesse Eisenberg plays the brother, Jimmy, that seems all too fascinated with Werewolf lore. He delivers an average performance which screams ânothing specialâ. This is also true of Milo Ventimiglia and Joshua Jackson. The movie itself starts off as any other clichéd horror flick. Unfortunately for the viewer, it stays this way. There are moments when the viewer may think there could perhaps be some sort of exposition on the characters, but thereâs not. The movie introduces a concept that is already unoriginal enough (who hasnât tried to make a movie about werewolves?) and seems to have the potential to go somewhere but sloppy editing and an unfocused plot detract from this. And this results in a silly 97 minutes that leaves the viewer feeling hollow by the end.
As said before, if you want a by-the-numbers, clichéd, unoriginal horror flick, Cursed is definitely the way to go. If youâre looking for something more, look elsewhere.
Posted mar 22, 2008 6:10 am pt