With a cast like Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts, Dream House should be just that, but the eerie fairytale quickly turns into a moviegoers nightmare and the only thing dreamy about it are Craig's crystalline baby blues. Will Atenton (Craig), his wife Libby (Weisz) and two young daughters, Trish (Taylor Geare) and Dee Dee (Claire Astin Geare) move from Manhattan to a tranquil New England town so Will can have the quiet and time to write. However, the family soon discovers that just five years ago, a grisly murder of a mother and her two children occurred in the very place they now call home.
Desperate to protect his family and solve the mystery that surrounds his new home, Will uncovers unsettling details and stupefying truths that lead him to unearth secrets that he has long forgotten.
Dream House begins with a ghostly suspenseful undertone. Youngest daughter Dee Dee is scared of a man she sees outside the window, the two girls discover a hidden room in their closet filled with belongs of the murdered children, and neighbor, Ann Patterson (Watts) shoots weary stares in the direction of the Atenton residence.
The wonder ends here. With a twist at every corner that bogs down the plot, Dream House, looses its ghost story aura and becomes tiring. Director Jim Sheridan (In America, In the Name of the Father) seems desperate to create an intense psychological thriller by adding too many layers, muddying up the already murky plot. The surprises are predictable and have already been done (spoiler: think Shutter Island, Ghost, The Others). Even the talents of Craig, Weisz and Watts can't save the thriller from becoming stale or dragging.
Wait to see Craig in a psychological thriller until The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo comes out this December.
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