Review of The Wyvern Mystery (2000) by Denise H — 13 Apr 2010

I love anything with Derek Jacobi in it but even he couldn't save this movie. The script struggled and lost me several times. Plots and sub-plots wandered all over the place. Naomi Watts' acting was atrocious (especially the parts where she seemed to "throw in" a little prayer).

Jack Davenport ran here/there in the movie but I never could quite place his role until the end and then it seemed more of an afterthought. And the madwoman chained in the basement??...I found out how she got scarred but not why they were keeping her in the basement? Was she a wife or a mistress? Was she the one who had the original baby that drowned? And what is up with locking Naomi Watts in the attic?.

..that was NEVER explained!