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An American Haunting (2005)
I Won't Tell You To Go See This Movie
But I will tell you that you should judge for yourself before believing any of the stuff that's written on IMDb where you'll get hundreds of differing opinionsmany of which, will differ significantly from your own. Now, if you're ready to read yet another opinion, here's mine.
It wasn't bad. And by that I mean that while it wasn't GREAT, it was far from horrible. I don't feel like I wasted my money on it at all. It was an interesting take on a very old legend (which is actually supposed to be a true story). I was just interested to see Courtney Solomon's interpretation of the story. It wasn't what I'd imagined it would be but it's definitely more creative than anything I'd ever thought of. Perhaps others have remarked that the idea was great but the execution could've been better. I feel this way, as well. In fact, I feel that the idea (i.e. the twist) was really great. And the execution of the idea wasn't so bad that the movie became bad. Not at all.
Friends with Money (2006)
I liked it.
If anything, this movie teaches something that everyone should already know, which is that everyone--no matter the socio-economic background--has problems. Money only makes theses problems seemingly easier to remedy. With this in mind, I was able to watch the film and not have any issues with these "friends with money" bitching about their issues.
I thought that the acting, Frances McDormand's, in particular was good. Most of the laughs that I got were during her scenes. Someone mentioned that Jennifer Anniston's performance was just like her performance in "The Good Girl" in that her acting was sort of non-emotional (filled with deadpan stares and monotone voice). I felt the same way, yet I think she gave a really good performance. If that makes any sense. Catherine Keener gave a pretty compelling performance as a woman in an unhappy marriage.
I did feel, though, that the ending could've been better. Especially the whole Jennifer Anniston/chubby guy thing. Why could he not tell her about his true financial situation? And why the whole attempt to get her to charge him less for her service, which he blamed on the fact that he has issues.