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List Price: $20.95 | | Label: Sony Pictures
Salesrank: 8800
Released: October 6, 2009 |
| Our Price: $14.75 |
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MPAA Rating: Unrated
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
From best-selling author Nora Roberts! Cilla McGowan (Brittany Murphy, 8 Mile) is a former child star in search of a more normal life. She buys her grandmother's farmhouse in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley to restore it from ruin. Her hope for serenity is soon shattered by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who perished in the house over 30 years ago. Cilla finds comfort in the arms of handsome neighbor Ford Sawyer (Jason Lewis, TV's Sex and the City), who must protect her when the dark visions and family secrets spiral into a real-life nightmare. The hit thriller also features film legend Tippi Hedren (The Birds).
Tribute Reviews:
Horrible Movie Based Upon A Good Nora Roberts Book 
2009-12-27 - I agree with other reviewer comments. This movie only minutely follows Nora Robert's book of the same title. The acting was horrible. Brittany Murphy was clearly a poor choice for the lead female role. Her attempts to play a romantic heroine was laughable. Plus, the hairdo she had throughout the film is enough to turn one off. Was the budget so tight that even a comb would have put the movie over budget? The guy wasn't much better but at least he didn't consistently overact his role as much as Murphy did. The movie was also so disjointed that it didn't make a whole lot of sense in numerous places. Suffice it to say that it was an effort to watch it all the way through. It was ironic that I had just finished reading the book the same day this movie was shown. Was totally amazed how the makers of the movie could have put out such a piece of worthless and uninteresting film and used Nora Roberts name as a draw to get it shown during prime time TV. Wonder if Ms. Roberts has seen this travesty of her book? This one is a candidate for a "Razzberry" award. Don't waste your time or money on this one. It stinks.
Great seller...BAD movie
2009-11-16 - Great Seller...The movie was terrible. Bad acting by all. Nothing more I can say about it except...Save your money.
Read The Book Instead
2009-10-25 - This movie was beyond horrible. I can't say enough bad things about it. If you've read the book first you will know what I'm talking about. Why they would ever cast Britany Murphy as Cilla McGowen is beyond me. She is nothing like the character in the book. Cilla is tall, blond and with ice blue eyes. Murphy is short with brown eys. And that actor who played Ford Sawyer was a complete disaster. The acting was atrocious. Who ever wrote the script and directed this should be ashamed for tearing apart a totally wonderful book until it became absolutely unrecognizable on film. I would give it less than one star if I could. Skip this movie and buy the book. You won't feel you've wasted your time.
Soap Opera Horror
2009-10-18 - Tribute mixes the corny acting of a soap opera with the silly scares of a B-horror movie. The movie descends into a drama about a 30-year-old suicide/murder. Despite the description of the movie, the whole "child actor" drama doesn't really play as large a role.
The acting is pretty lame. Jason Lewis doesn't come across as a comforting boyfriend, but rather as a stalker in his own right. Maybe it's his sinister voice, or the fact that he looks at Brittany Murphy with binoculars. Nonetheless, he doesn't work well. Brittany Murphy isn't horrible, but not compelling - almost as if she were the child actor who quit acting.
The movie leaves loose ends everywhere. One of Brittany Murphy's friend's is knocked out and lying in a hospital, but by the end of the movie we still don't know what happened to him. There are others, but I won't reveal them for fear of spoiling the plot.
At the end of he movie, I just didn't feel satisfied. This had way too much soap opera, not enough plot for a good movie.
