| Download Full Movie The Uninvited Online | | | | entirely realized the performances make much |
| Based on the Korean horror A Tale of Two | | | | more sense now that you have a better |
| Sisters, the film begins as Anna Rydell (Emily | | | | understanding of why this line was read like that |
| Browning) returns home after a stint in a | | | | and why that glance was given. This is to say it is |
| psychiatric hospital. Her terminally-ill mother | | | | hard to judge this film along the way, at least if |
| recently died and Anna tried to kill herself and | | | | you are trying to convince yourself it is a good |
| now suffers from disturbing dreams involving | | | | movie. |
| death, animated dead bodies in garbage bags, | | | | In terms of those involved, Kebbel, while perfectly |
| bleeding key holes and massive explosions. | | | | fine in her role, continues to serve as the Britney |
| Despite these dreams her doctor thinks she is | | | | Spears of acting. David Strathairn brings an added |
| well enough to return home. Okay — if he | | | | level of attention to the film due to his talent and |
| says so — after all I don't have a Ph.D. | | | | Elizabeth Banks does a fair job as the stepmom |
| Once home she is greeted by her loving father | | | | from hell. Most of the weight, however, falls on |
| (David Strathairn), her sister Alex (Arielle Kebbel) | | | | the shoulders of Lemony Snicket actress, Emily |
| and her father's new love interest and mother's | | | | Browning who does an awfully good job carrying |
| former nanny Rachel Summers (Elizabeth Banks). | | | | the majority of the load in what boils down to a |
| Rachel is the focus here as she snarls, sneers and | | | | slightly above average female-driven thriller. UK |
| delivers dirty glances at every opportunity. Alex | | | | directors Charles and Thomas Guard do their best |
| tells her sister how terrible things have been since | | | | to offer jump scares along the way, but so many |
| Anna left and further advances the plot with her | | | | of them fall flat and never manage to really scare |
| theories and hatred for Rachel. Questions begin to | | | | at all. At this point I can't imagine creepy visions |
| bubble to the surface — in the film and in your | | | | of dead people crawling on the floor scares many |
| head. Is Rachel the lecherous gold-digging | | | | people anymore as it is something that seems to |
| murderer she appears to be? Is this movie a | | | | find its way into just about every single |
| ghost story or a journey into psychosis? | | | | horror-thriller as of late. That said, they did do a |
| Traditional American horror movie fans will go into | | | | satisfactory job of pulling themselves up out of |
| this film expecting the typical PG-13 horror cliches | | | | the cellar following a lackluster 80 minutes to |
| and for the most part that's just what you get, | | | | deliver a 7 minute ending that makes up for a |
| but the film does manage to elevate itself slightly | | | | little of it. The question is, was it worth it? |
| with a quite accomplished ending that I am not | | | | I was glad The Uninvited didn't devolve into the |
| shy about admitting I didn't see coming. However, | | | | typical studio horror trash it seemed it was going |
| at the same time I felt cheated. The filmmakers | | | | to be and we have seen so often over the |
| were never fair with their presentation of story | | | | recent years. Unfortunately, the majority of it still |
| elements, something crucial in a film where the | | | | relied on the same tactics and caused me to lose |
| intrigue of it all is to try and figure out what is | | | | a lot of interest until the final moments. This is |
| going on along the way. What good are the clues | | | | never a good sign considering we judge a movie |
| if they turn out to be lies? | | | | on the sum of its parts and not just the candy |
| For the most part the cast does very well with | | | | coated shell, but this one could have been a lot |
| the material they are given and once the story is | | | | worse. |