Kindred Spirits

This movie is very bland and original, very bad acting, disappointed ending, did not enjoy this

Sadie moves back in with her estranged sister, Chloe and her teenage daughter Nicole. Nicole is a troubled teenage girl, but she has one true fried, Shay. Derek is her boyfriend, and he seems to make Nicole a happy girl again.

The movie really focuses on Sadie as we see how unhinged she becomes, as she starts to tear the entire family apart. Nothing will stop her to get what she wants, even if that means hurting the people she supposedly loves.

The actress that plays Sadie is the entire reason to spend the time to watch. She chews up the scenery every time she is on screen. Especially as we ride along with her, in her descent to madness.

Right, well I wasn't expecting "Kindred Spirits" to be the kind of movie that it turned out to be. I saw that it was a mystery horror/thriller, so of course I was interested in watching it.

But the movie was more of a drama thriller, I think. Not really much of a mystery in the movie, nor were there any proper elements of horror. Now, don't get me wrong, because that does not mean that "Kindred Spirits" was a bad movie. Actually it turned out to be an entertaining enough movie and one that definitely was surprising.

The storyline in "Kindred Spirits", as written by Chris Sivertson and directed by Lucky McKee, started out adequately enough, but it quickly took a turn for the more odd and somewhat disturbing. And that twist to the plot and storyline was something that I enjoyed, and it made for a good movie in my opinion.

"Kindred Spirits" has some good acting performances by the casted actors and actresses, but especially Caitlin Stasey stands out as being the most memorable of the cast, and she really carried the movie a great way with her individual performance.

When you sit down to watch "Kindred Spirits", keep in mind that this is not a run-of-the-mill horror movie, so you shouldn't be expecting a proper horror movie. However, sit down to watch the movie with the intention of watching a movie with a storyline that is somewhat offbeat and disturbing.

My rating of "Kindred Spirits" lands on a six out of ten stars. I was genuinely surprised with this movie and I was most definitely entertained by the movie.

Apart from the ending. And don't mean I would have liked it to go a different direction, it just seems to take the easy way out. It seemed to built up something really good (or bad) and then ... ah well you can't have it all, now can you. The acting is ok for a thriller of this kind and while you know where this is heading, Caitlin is quite a tour de force.

No matter what you think of her character (and there should be only one way you should feel about her), she carries the movie. Charismatic and at least at the beginning enigmatic too. So if you like thrillers in general, this will be right up your alley - try not to be to dissapointed in the end ...

Ultimately, it's _just_ okay. But I'm writing this review solely to give major kudos to Thora Birch for her most natural on-screen performance to date. Watch this one, if for nothing else, than to see what time and maturity can do for your craft.