Nonureva Really Surprised!

Btexxamar I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

BroadcastChic Excellent, a Must See

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

marcels-17454 This film is very simply about a creepy weirdo with serious mental health issues, he becomes obsessed with this woman and does what he can to get close to her. A shockingly simplistic plot, the entire film is completely void of any element of complexity.Hilary Swank ( Juliet ) redeems the lack of a story line, lack of detail and absence of other characters and insight into their character, with her convincing performance and own terribly likable character.This is an okay, average B-grade movie, with no real component of intellect to the story line. Entertaining enough to watch if it's what you have, a bit predictable, maybe a little difficult to engage in just because there is only surface value to the characters from what you see, and a lack of them to make things very interesting.Fortunately there is just enough, albeit not much element of suspense, in order for this film to be just passable in the quality and watchability department. I wouldn't recommend it but I wouldn't advise against it either.. It's something at least remotely entertaining to watch, that won't add any value to your life.

Robert J. Maxwell Hillary Swank is a doctor at a New York hospital and I guess I don't have to tell YOU about the cost of living in New York. And the rents? A fortune for an apartment the size of a walk-in closet, unfurnished, no smoking, no drinking, no cussing, no nudity, no sexual congress, utilities extra, and no pets.Fortunately for Swank, she find a comfortable enough place at a more than reasonable price. And everything is included, including the peeping Tom, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who owns the place and has refitted it with a maze of peep holes, crawlspaces cameras, microphones, and other preverted appurtenances and paraphernalia.Strange things happen while Swank occupies the place. Windows slam shut without warning and there is a big BOOM on the sound track. (This is called a "sting" in the industry.) As it happens, there is no particular reason for the window to slam shut without warning. I mean, it has nothing to do with Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It's just there to provide the unthinking viewer with a jolt of sympathetic arousal.This creeping around, the tentative encounters between the sinuous Swank and the bland but twitterpated Morgan, take up the bulk of the movie. The recently deceased Christopher Lee is in the cast too, in excelsis. He's a taciturn old codger, an actor whom age has turned into a magnificent wreck, flung "on the reef of Norman's Woe." He's not around long. Morgan is his grandson, and Morgan kills him.The acting is alright but I couldn't help disliking Jeffrey Dean Morgan. It's not his creepiness that was so bothersome. Hell, who wouldn't want to sneak into the slinky Swank's bedroom in the middle of the night and suck on her little finger while she slept? Any normal man would crawl at the chance. No, it's not his paraphilia. It's his three names. This current fad of actors and actresses needing three names has got to stop. It's the hoof and mouth disease of modern celebrity. And while we're at it, let's have no more girls named "Dakota" either. Enough is enough.The direction is desperate. I have no idea what was going through Antti Jokinen's mind when, in the very middle of this narrative, he runs the film backwards in black and white at blinding speed and starts over from the beginning. Maybe it wasn't in his mind. Maybe it was something in his digestive system.But his greatest sin is the non-disrobing of Hillary Swank. Oh, she's not always clothed. It's worse than that. She does remove her clothes and even makes love to her ex husband once -- but the director never ONCE gives us a display of gratuitous nudity. When she's traipsing around naked, all you see are her feet. Even when she's taking a bath in a fluid so opaque that it suggests ass's milk and has resorted to DIY, you'd have to have second sight to realize what was going on. And at that, there's a click or some other odd sound from somewhere, and she's subject to masturbationem interruptus. It's okay if the viewer doesn't get off, but must the director leave silky Swank hanging too?No, it won't do. Swank is too sensuous to be hidden from view. God, those glistening white choppers. What an overbite! She could gnaw her way through an iron bolt as easily as you or I could handle a corn cob at an Iowa picnic.Back to the drawing board, Antti. And change that name.

elshikh4 Let's see what's good in here : Watching Hilary Swank. And laughing at Jeffrey Dean Morgan when he didn't want to die at the end despite killing him time after time after time. And.. that's it I'm afraid ! In short, (The Resident) has nothing at all. The plot has been done at least 1000 times before. And this movie does nothing new with it.Strangely, it doesn't want to be remarkable in any manner. I mean yes, it's well-made brainless thriller crap. Nevertheless, on this level, I didn't see anything smart along the way. Maybe this was the idea here; making a tacky movie with nothing remarkable, and thus, this one hit the spot rightly ! You know that stars, sometimes Oscar winner good stars, act in this kind of rehashed flat and stupid movies to make a living. And if you don't know yet, this is a good chance to start knowing.(The Resident) is what "Psycho : The First Draft" could have seemed, with nothing creative, special or surprising. It's the damn usual goods, in damn usual way, made not only because it happens to be that there is no one with nothing new to be made, but because the producers know the fact that there must be a green, uncultured, or simply board to death many viewers out there of which this movie can satisfy.My verdict : Swank was interesting, the rest wasn't. My advise : watch it, then watch the original (Psycho) to learn the differences between "common" and "uncommon".

davek28 It's not great from a plot point of view, but in terms of production quality it's very impressive. The cinematography and lighting are superb, and there are some nifty camera angles if you keep your eyes open to spot them. The NY locations are terrific, but I don't understand what was filmed in New Mexico (or why). Also, the music is very discordant Hammer Horror style. I guess the problem is that I was listening to the superb soundtrack, and admiring the direction and lighting, instead of getting involved in the actual narrative. Ms Swank looks good, of course, but all the pluses are great on their own terms without gelling together into an entertaining movie. It's predictable, yes, but it still makes a pretty good 'B' feature.