It's always difficult nowadays doing a good ghost story. The Sixth Senses managed it. So did The Others. This one doesn't.
In fact it's more of a whodunnit than a ghost story, and the ghost aspect is a lot more believable than the resolution - which frankly just doesn't work other than as a plot device.
However the movie is still worth watching - but purely for Halle Berry. She is an amazing actor, who can transform herself apparently effortlessly from smart, sexy, clinical psychologist to screaming, messed-up mental patient. She is also beautiful, even on what she later called her 'bad-hair days' as the mental patient.
But the plot sucks. And the lead-in to a sequel at the end makes it like some second-class TV series.
In fact it's more of a whodunnit than a ghost story, and the ghost aspect is a lot more believable than the resolution - which frankly just doesn't work other than as a plot device.
However the movie is still worth watching - but purely for Halle Berry. She is an amazing actor, who can transform herself apparently effortlessly from smart, sexy, clinical psychologist to screaming, messed-up mental patient. She is also beautiful, even on what she later called her 'bad-hair days' as the mental patient.
But the plot sucks. And the lead-in to a sequel at the end makes it like some second-class TV series.