Boobirt Stylish but barely mediocre overall

SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

montage-69288 I don't know if this movie had potential or not. It could have used a better writer I can tell you that. It was all over the place and so pointless and insane. Theron was so manly looking in here that it was hard to watch her. I think the dark places was titled appropriately because the movie was in a lot of dark places plot-wise.

helenafrazier The sideline was good, but it moved very slow. I restarted this move 6 times before I could finish it. (I'm a little obsessive about movies and books. If I start it, I have to see ot through.) This movie is not for everyone. But overall it didn't suck.

Majikat I love the storyline!visually it's dark and the limited viewing during those times can cause confusion. It's tone is also a little depressing, but it comes from a unique stand point has has many layers to the story which is compelling til the end.I do think there was room for improvement, but by that I mean it could have reached storyline perfection for me, totally my kind of story

plaps-60058 I just read the book and decided to watch the movie, thinking that with this strong compelling story the film would be great. Wrong. It was so flat and boring it made me forget how good the story really was. I didn't have any problem with the casting (especially with young Ben Day, I think he was really good) but the whole tone of the film was stiff and had me saying "whatever...". The music wasn't good, the characters were so one dimensional and what really bugged me was the flashback scenes and the fact that there was no other suspects. In the book you keep changing your mind about who's the killer every chapter but in the movie it's pretty clear from the start. The flashbacks did not portray what was really going on, so when we slowly uncover the truth we do not really care... Even the scene of the murders were plain and boring. I don't understand how could someone take this story and turn it into this. So disappointed. I know that in order to make a movie you have to cut a lot of things out of a book, but it feels like it lost its great character, their emotions and the mood. Finally I forgot to mention that the casting for today's Ben Day character was so wrong.