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After reading several good reviews as well as hearing nice things about it by word of mouth I decided to rent Come Undone. I must say I was rather disappointed. The story was hard to follow because the film is set as a series of flashbacks between the present and recent past that are very poorly executed. The characters, despite the actors best efforts are flat and uninteresting. The sex is and nudity are more explicit than they need to be. I've never seen a film where they seemed so unnecessary to the plot. The ending is very anti-climatic and leaves many unanswered questions to a story line that wasn't explained well to begin with. In my opinion, a waste of time.

My friends and I made sure to see Panic Room at one of the first showtimes on the day it opened, lest someone spoil it for us. Having been a huge fan of both Jodie Foster and David Finchers works perhaps I set my sights a bit high.

I must say though that as far as camera work the film is revolutionary. Fincher always does great stuff (the title sequence of Fight Club for example). It was amazing to me how they pulled off some of the shots. This made the house actually seem like it was one of the characters in the film.

The acting performances were all very strong. Jodie Foster had wonderful believable chemistry with the young girl who played her daughter. The other three characters also played well against them. Dwight Yoakam was particularly menacing, and Jared Leto's character added some much needed lighter moments to the story.

It was entertaining and certainly provided a decent 2 hour distraction. I didn't find it as "edge of your seat thrillerish" as it has been billed in reviews. Walking out I was glad I'd seen it but for some reason found the story to be a bit empty and flat, salvaged by the good acting and interesting cinematography and editing. Worth the time but not something I'll watch again.

Wow! This was bad and I mean bad. In every aspect this is just a horrible film. The plot is weak. The acting is beyond terrible, even by the somewhat established actors like Andrew Keegan and Tara Subkoff. It's a Larry Clark film for one and although he occasionally makes a semi-decent film like Bully or Another Day in Paradise, his stuff is usually one step above porn. Because this was made for cable TV and aimed at a "teen audience" the nudity, profanity, situations, and overall content are especially shocking and uncalled for. It was one of those movies that was so horrible and unbelievable that you just couldn't stop watching. I kept waiting for someone to come out and say it was all a joke. Unfortunately it's not.