Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Gothika (2003)

Synopsis: A psychiatrist who works at a detention facility for the insane suffers, on her way home, an accident after which she loses conscience; when she comes to she is being accused of having murdered her husband.
Appraisal: The big unsolved puzzle here is why the dead must place themselves in front of moving vehicles -- thus provoking nasty accidents -- in order to communicate with the living. I must say that due to a state of extreme exhaustion I didn't understand one of the key sequences of the movie -- namely, the flashback to the murder -- and at first my assessment was compromised; I then read the whole plot at The Movie Spoiler and things fit in. This is a well acted and tautly directed supernatural mystery thriller that nevertheless has an unsatisfactory script.
Rating: 35

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