Marc Colella
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I didn't find the film to be a bad one, but I did have issues with it.
I feel that Ron Eldard is a subpar actor... he's very wooden and has little range. His performance in this film just irratated me.
The film was going well... it was thoughtful and didn't take any shortcuts or force a conflict... until the last third of the film when logic and good sense get's thrown out the window, when
Ron Eldard's character (the cop) assumes that the family is up to "no good" when he finds Connely's character at their house, and for some reason fails to register that the family is actually trying to help her. He then imprisons them in the bathroom for the night. In the morning he takes the son hostage and as they're near a police station, the son tries to escape by grabbing Eldard's gun and (for some chiched and illogical reason) points it at another cop. In formulaic fashion, he get's shot and dies.
I feel that Ron Eldard is a subpar actor... he's very wooden and has little range. His performance in this film just irratated me.
The film was going well... it was thoughtful and didn't take any shortcuts or force a conflict... until the last third of the film when logic and good sense get's thrown out the window, when
Ron Eldard's character (the cop) assumes that the family is up to "no good" when he finds Connely's character at their house, and for some reason fails to register that the family is actually trying to help her. He then imprisons them in the bathroom for the night. In the morning he takes the son hostage and as they're near a police station, the son tries to escape by grabbing Eldard's gun and (for some chiched and illogical reason) points it at another cop. In formulaic fashion, he get's shot and dies.