The Skeptic
- Director: Tennyson Bardwell
- Writer: Tennyson Bardwell
- Cast: Tim Daly, Tom Arnold
- Theatrical Release Date: May 1, 2009
- Distributor: IFC Films
- On The Web Film WebsiteIMDB Entry
Synopsis: Following the mysterious death of his aunt, power lawyer Bryan Becket (Tim Daly) moves into the elderly woman's purportedly haunted Victorian mansion. A die hard skeptic, he dismisses one eerie incident after another, until the haunting turns so personal and vicious, Becket's cool, unemotional veneer begins to unravel. Whispers in the night, things he sees in the darkness, clues of a horrible secret, turn our rationalist into a terrified and reluctant seeker. A seeker of a truth so unspeakable it could destroy him. And the mystery, always just out of reach down the darkened hall, is not fully revealed until the film's final moments. And even then, it leaves a tantalizing question. [Synopsis courtesy of IFC Films]
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1 Comment
Spidermanager | August 29, 2010
If you want to spend an afternoon being led down dark hallways to no real conclusions, startled by revelations that reinforce mental illness, thrown down a flight of stairs to find "what"?, then this is the movie for you. The characters were flat and undeveloped, two dimensional would be a stretch I don't balme the actors, all very top notch usually, but the ending neither confirms nor denys any evidence of ghosts; I don't even know if Tim's character died, lived, suffered a breakdown, was contacted by his mother, etc,. I was on the bus and stayed on despite plausable plot, despite uncharacteristic behavior based on character development, despite a conclusion. Moral of the story, if you are beat up and placed in a closet for days on end-kill your mom, and never take possession of the home where you killed her or you will leave your wife, let strange women stay the night, blow alll your legal cases, and faint while falling down some stairs only to find out:"huh"? I hope this doesn't spoil anything for you because if you avoid it, you will have an afternoon to unclog your toilet to ultimately more satisfaction.