• An incredibly tight thriller—85 minutes—and until the finale it feels like we’re pretty close to real time so it adds to the intimacy
  • Robert Yeoman as the director of photography—Wes Anderson’s guy—proof here more that Wes Anderson is the genius as this looks like most Craven films
  • A true B-movie—fast
  • Cillian Murphy a great villain- one of two 2005 performances along with Batman Begins – he has those glassy blue eyes- terrifying  
  • Sharp dialogue—low average shot length as we bounce around on cell phone conversations setting up the premise—economic
  • Rachel McAdams is really strong here- the film relies heavily upon both her and Murphy and she especially- is up to the challenge
  • A different genre for Craven but at the end as he’s stalking her around the house it’s very slasher-esque
  • An awful ending with McAdams telling that couple at the hotel off and saying she won’t drink any more Bay Breezes—yawn—jeopardizes a film that’s a fringe recommendation anyways
  • Recommend