David Koepp
93m
user rating: 5,4 of 10
Daniel Kehlmann, David Koepp
genre: Horror

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Kevin Bacon, a wealthy retired banker with a traumatic past, Amanda Seyfried, his actress wife several years younger and their little daughter, reserve a luxurious secluded home in the middle of the Welsh countryside.
The guy not only suffers from ugly nightmares, but he will also experience strange situations with a very modern but also very demonic house, corridors that seem to multiply, endless lights that operate alone, loss of sense of time, doors that suddenly appear, leading to rare habitats or rooms that measure more on the inside than the outside. Labyrinth or hell? Theo will have to face a perverse alter ego to discover his destiny.
Interesting, at times sinister, well run, it certainly helps a lot with the design of the house (see detail1) and my dear Kevin who produces and replaced Nicholas Cage who was going to star in it; written and directed by David Koepp (screenwriter for Jurassic Park, Spider-man, Mission Impossible, who already directed Bacon in 1999's Stir of Echoes) based on the 2017 novel by German writer Daniel Kehlmann.

At first glance this seemed like it would be a really good film. The cast had me looking forward to it but even big names like Bacon and Seyfried couldn't save this little turd of a movie. It probably looked really good on paper but sadly Koepp wasn't able to carry the essence of the script into a realised motion picture.
Bacon gives a good performance but that's the only good thing about the film. Seyfriend is underused, playing a very two dimensional character.
I think the film contains some 'twists' but as they're glaringly obvious, I can't say for sure.
It will kill an hour and a half (or less if you can't bare to watch it.

This movie is superb! It tells how powerful our mind is, how it controls everything. Either your mind/consience let it consumes you, or you consume it. The house represents Theo's mind (Kevin Bacon. A psychological thriller comparable to 'Shutter Island.

A must-see movie. I won't spoil it too much. Just watch it!

Just because you don't understand means it's bad. This movie is just for highly intellectual viewers. If you're not, just skip this movie.