Review of Open House (2010) by Tena H — 13 Jul 2010
I think I'm right in saying that this is director/writer Andrew Paquin's first major outing and I'm sad to say, he's in the wrong job. There are some good to great performances here, but it's only the acting that really saves it.
The characters are shallowly written, I really didn't care too much about any of them. Anna Paquin hardly gets a line, but Brian Geraghty is suitably 'disturbed'. The film is carried very much by the evil Tricia Helfer, who alone might swing the male vote in tight and revealing costumes.
The plot sways from predictable to juvenile and never really raises it's game at all. I was left thinking 'Why'? The 'gore' is of a strawberry-jam level, with coy cut-aways that don't even put it in the 'Slasher' genre.
The last ten minutes were interesting but by then I was looking for a knife myself....
This review of Open House (2010) was written by Tena H on 13 Jul 2010.
Open House has generally received mixed reviews.
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