Reeseville

I am local to the area that the movie is suppose to be set in and was wondering if this is a completely fictional story or if it might be based on a true story. Also, were any scenes actually shot in Reeseville? I noticed one mistake. The Sheriff said he was going to go and get a judge in Watertown and it should have been Juneau.

It was an interesting story in any case, but I found many of the lines to be unbelievably artificial and the character of the Sheriff to be a little far-fetched.

Most of the actors did a great job of portraying their parts and could have used a little better writing, but did well with the lines given. I would say its worth watching, but I wouldn't pay to see it twice.

"Reeseville" is at times excrutiatingly slow, but on the whole a suspenseful microscopic mystery-suspense kind of story. Despite the slow beginning and pacing, by the end I was on the edge of my seat shivering at the creepy and climatic ending. Hence I found the film to be clever and very twisty. It rates highly in my "must see" book!

The most interesting aspects of this film is the pacing and small town feel to it. The passage of time can be tedious but to me that is what the film maker was trying to pass along to the viewer. Similar to a frog in a pot of water. When the temperature is turned up slowly will characters and audience pay heed? There are some flaws to the film. It makes a real point to this being a small town as the locale but aside for a few major characters you don't really get a feel for that town and how the characters fit and are perceived in this town. Mark Hamill works brillantly in this piece in a role I never would have thought him for. Also well cast were Majandra Delfino. Many of the elements of this story were well telegraphed to the audience when I think the writer should have give the audience a little credit. A capable work but it left me wanting.

The summary was promising but watching the movie was a huge disappointment. Nothing happens in this movie. Plot is linear and without surprise. Normal characters stay normal until end of the film, weird characters stay weird until end of the film. There is even not a single tentative to foul the viewer into thinking that the bad guy is someone else than the most obvious candidate. On the positive side, actors play quite well, and there is a tiny bit of atmosphere in the movie, but much too little to be any significant.

People who vote 10 for this movie either didn't see it, or are member of the movie production team ! 4 is well paid.

Reeseville is a mystery thriller that starts very well but ends very bad; I mean while the beginning is somewhat astonishing, showing us a flashback scene very well shot, in a great kind of cinematography, of something that happened in the past, the end is quite predictable and, I would say, disappointing! Like other IMDb user said I also think that this film "spoils it self" near the end. It's a good movie in suspense and mystery subject, but when all the mystery is revealed it totally falls into a cheap drama with a predictable and disappointing ending… On the other hand, I also think that a great part of this suspense is created by the soundtrack. The tracks are nice, based on deep string sounds, but I must say that I don't remember a movie so needed of a chilling soundtrack to create some suspense and mystery to the viewer! I mean if we could watch the very same scenes without the soundtrack I bet that no one of us would be tense with those scenes! They aren't frightening by themselves, by the images, but just because of the sounds! Anyway, the movie is not bad, but at the beginning I expected a lot more