Review of Welcome to the Rileys (2010) by Tomek C — 31 Jan 2011

Slow and good, I don't think this movie is as bad as everyone says. "Welcome to the Rileys" is another of those movies that had potential, but wasted it in a stupid way. This is a story about broken people who end up finding each other and then loosing once again... The Rileys have lost a daughter, while Mallory has lost her family, her everything. It's somehow a touching story that was handled in the wrong way: I tought we were heading somewhere, but the ending is far from being classified as a finished ending. That was more of an open ending.

Kristen Stewart is a good actress. Look at her past career, she always choose different roles and that's absolutely no true that she always use the same 'face'. She's good and convincing, just give her little more time -.

James Gandolfini was also great in the role of the depressed, tormented father. And Melissa Leo was somehow the only steady character of the entire movie, she was the only one that made me keep the faith.

On the other hand, I don't get a few actions. And even if I think that the ending was good, that was not what I was looking for. "Welcome to the Rileys" is a nice movie worth watching, but it doesn't lead you far away from where it started.