butchM

Rose Red is awful. King steals from a lot of better horror stories (including his own)to come up with this piece of crap. SFX are not too good, story is so long and drawn out (probably an attempt to hide how potholed the story is) and the actors are horribly miscast. I used to like Travis, but after the first ten minutes of this I was hoping she would get killed ASAP. In fact with such a group of annoying, unlikeable characters, the most frightening thing in the story is that King lets most of them live! Don't waste your time on this.

I like stupid comedies as much as the next person and based on the great reviews and cast could not wait to see this. About six of us had a "movie night" and watched it together. I think I was almost lynched at the end of the evening! NOBODY LAUGHED ONCE! I completely get the concept (and it is a good idea) the problem is, every 80's summer movie it lampoons is actually at least a LITTLE funny. This movie has at most two half smiles. It is awful. There is no continuity, bad tech. srtuff all around. There are some very funny people in this film - but they must have owed money to somebody, because there is absolutely no excuse for this crap!

All I could think of was the old movies I watched growing up and what would have happened to them if they were turned into music videos. It's almost hard to describe without actually EXPERIENCING it. Take a hit of acid and then switch channels back and forth between Camille and Cabaret. Actually, that's not a bad thing! I was never bored and really enjoyed the sentiment behind the whole thing. There is a great sweetness disguised behind the lurid colors, camera work and oft told- cheesy love story. McGregor is awesome and steals the film. What a charmer he turns out to be.