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"Half Light" is one surprise of a movie. The film is about a writer, Rachel Carson (Demi Moore) who tragically loses her young son when he drowns by the dock near their house in England. Devastated from the event, Rachel's friend rents her a secluded island cottage on the Scotland coast so she can relax and recover in the comfortable atmosphere, and conquer her current writer's block. But when she arrives to the little old cottage on the edge of the ocean, weird things start to happen. She has strange visions of her son, she spends time with a man living in a lighthouse who has supposedly been dead for seven years, and the townspeople are also quite strange. Real life terror and supernatural events drive Rachel into hysteria from there, as she tries to unravel a complex mystery.

This was a surprisingly chilling little thriller film, the atmosphere of the whole secluded ocean village was unique and neat, the little village set itself sitting right on the sandy beach. There are a lot of dark gray and foggy tones in the film, which add even more to the atmosphere. I liked the whole feeling the film had, it was isolated and eerie. It's kind of hard to explain, I can't really put my finger on it, but the whole atmosphere was foreboding and spooky. Demi Moore was great, she's a pretty believable actress from what I've seen. Her performance was realistic and fit the film well. The settings are great and really spooky on many occasions, particularly the small cottage and the old lighthouse. The story was rather original, and very subtle with overall good writing. The ending was a bit of a twist-ending, blending real-life horror with a supernatural addition, but it fit well and I wasn't disappointed with it (like some twist-endings leave me).

Overall, "Half Light" is a good little thriller film that caught me off guard, I was expecting something along the lines of cheap straight-to-video garbage. It's quite the contrary though. The Gothic, seaside atmosphere was excellent and well put-to-use in the film, and the creepy little story was well written with a satisfying conclusion. Fans of supernatural thrillers will definitely want to check this one out, it's a good one for sure. 7/10.

I was lucky enough to see a copy of this with my wife recently... and wasn't entirely sure what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised! The acting of all characters was very good, with Ms. Moore putting in an excellent, yet sometimes implausible (scripting?), performance. The shooting of the film is excellent with the locations adding much to the feeling of the film. There are enough twists and turns in the plot to keep you guessing, even if you think you have it worked out within the first half, as we both did, you'll doubt yourself from then on in.

My one criticism is the start of the film. It feels somewhat piecemeal and directionless, perhaps on purpose to mirror the main characters state of mind, but it just doesn't seem to gel, and the scoring feels the same, however don't let that stop you watching this film as once past the first few scenes you will be tripping over yourself trying to figure it out.

All told this was a well produced, well filmed, well acted movie, and don't believe any of the 'horror' tags, it's more suspense/thriller, and very good to boot!

This film will give chills up and down your spine not because of horror or blood shed, but just the simple location in Wales,UK and a mysterious cottage and naturally, a Light House. Demi Moore,(Rachel Carlson), a successful author of mystery novels wants to have a different location away from everyone and finds this very spiritual place, or you could say a purgatory for the living dead. Rachel encounters Henry Ian Cusick, (Brian),"The Gospel of John",'03 who seems to know a great deal about the Light House and its history and has some fun burying a Mother-0f Pearl sea shell in the sand as a symbol of lasting love. There are many twists and turns in this film and it is very well produced and directed. I must say, I have never seen Demi Moore looking so young and very sexy. Great entertaining film, enjoy.

This movie is good, well acted, well scripted, well directed, and above all, it will keep you guessing to the end, I do not know enough about "The Technical Side" of movie making to comment, all i know is, if i see a film i like, or for that matter dislike, then i will make a comment on it, after all its only entertainment. Too many times you read about the, ins and outs of film making, and all the back stage stuff, when really all you want to know is, will i enjoy this film, and the answer to Half Light is yes, no swearing, very little sex content,just a nice put together thriller, enough twists and turns to keep the momentum going. i am trying to find something to moan about in this movie, and to be quite honest there is nothing, Demi Moore is very good in the lead role, and the mainly British cast is excellent Go see it, judge for yourself, i do not think you will be disappointed.

It was a really nice surprise for me, I didn't expect so good movie. What's it about? Rachel Carlson is a successful mystery novelist whose life falls apart when her 5-year-old son drowns at her country home. A year later, in an effort to heal her wounds and help her to start writing again, her best friend rents her a secluded cottage in a remote fishing village, where events unfold that rock the tranquil village and cause Rachel to fear for her sanity and her life. The main actress was Demi Moore, and I think she played her role excellent. To beginning, it was a little bit confusing because you don't know that is fake and what is real.

Euro..enjoy

not a bad movie at all. more of a love story than a ghost story - but the two are woven together pretty successfully. The ending falls short, but the rest of the film is well planned.

Moore is an odd choice for the lead, but she turns out pretty good - despite a general unbelievable reaction to later events in the story ( but this is more script ).

some beautiful cinematography and settings, and a few creepy moments. Some good acting too ( but some mediochre stuff mixed in ). Its clear why this movie was not mainstream enough for the theatre, but its a worthy DVD rental or download. On the whole Its a strange one - i thought it was very good, but also not very good at the same time.

7/10

I have read other comments.. its got you talking hasn't it. I really enjoyed it.. I am one of those that gets great pleasure from spotting whats coming next.. this did have me going "oh right.." I enjoyed it, films with children in always upset me a bit, when there in danger or dead..lol but thats because i'm a mommy. I am a big fan of Demi's always have been shes just got something about her I love.. she gets you really liking and understanding her so easily... some people have been confused by the final scene, I felt a little like that in a few places.. obviously the lighthouse was furnished on Rachels visit before the birthday party, then the removal van swam to the island and emptied it in time for Rachel to get back and see it empty... also how they managed to skid across the sea so effortlessly and quick.. did you see the size of those waves?? but other than that.. it was fun to watch, and thats what films are for, Ay.

I had never heard of this movie when my husband rented it, and was pleasantly surprised. Demi Moore was excellent, but i felt like Hans Matheson really was the top performer in this movie. His wonderful Scottish accent and sweet face made him extremely appealing, making you want to check out other movies he was in. The scenery was beautiful, and I absolutely fell in love with the light house. It was really neat to see wild horses on the light house island.

I loved the mysterious plot, but the movie left me a little sad. There were a lot of plot twists, and I watched the movie two days in a row to see if I could figure out a couple of things! This is a movie that I will probably buy to keep, so I can watch it from time to time.

When her son drowns in an accident, novelist Rachel Carlson (Demi Moore) moves to a small Scottish town where she hopes to pick up the pieces of her life. Whilst she is there, she encounters and then falls in love with the local lighthouse keeper Angus (Hans Matheson). However, strange things begin to occur. Her dead son begins to send her messages from beyond the grave, the local medium starts to act strangely around her and then Rachel discovers something shocking about Angus....

I hadn't really known that much about this movie before I picked it up at my local rental store. I had initially believed it would be a mediocre horror movie but was pleased to discover that it was actually very good! It has a gentleness to it at the beginning and the scenery was beautiful to look at. As the supernatural elements increase, it becomes similar in tone to the movie "What Lies Beneath". Fridge magnets move by themselves, type writers spit out their own messages and dead people appear in dark doorways.

Although never really scary, the movie has some good ideas and an almost dreamlike quality to it. The central mystery is a good one and engages the viewer, keeping you interested in the story and what the outcome will be. The two main leads have a good chemistry allowing you to believe that they could fall in love and, about three quarters of the way into the movie, there is a nice twist which turns things on its head in a way that I didn't see coming.

Demi Moore offers a very good performance here. I've never been a big fan of hers but this is certainly one of her better movies. Henry Ian Cusick (who fans of the television show 'Lost' will recognise as Desmond) is also very good. I'd like to see him in more films.

In summary, I'd recommend this movie. You'll probably find yourself as surprised as I was.

I think that many people today equate a good movie with a movie that totally deceives you until the very end where the truth is revealed and you're left in awe of how clever the filmmakers were. I think we have Shyamalan to thank for this. And so now we have a bunch of people out there that come up with this great idea for a movie, but that's it. Yet people don't seem to care because they are just interested in being duped and surprised.

The difference is this: Shyamalan carefully crafted ALL aspects of his movies, not just the "big idea." What we see today -- in movies like this -- is an interesting "big idea", but other the other aspects of the film are not very well done. But when we judge a movie, we need to look at it for what it is, every single part of it, not just how much it surprises us.

Half-light has a beautiful soundtrack, and the scenery was spectacular as well. However, it just seemed like one cliché after another. All throughout the movie (but especially in the beginning) there was just one conversation after another that was obviously setup to establish ideas, setting, character, time lapse, etc. They spent all their time trying to creatively deceive us, and hardly any time creatively establishing these elements of the story. I also found the characters uninteresting and flat; not that the acting was bad (it wasn't great) but the characters were not developed. But that's just my two cents.

Writer Rachel Carlson played by Demi Moore is left unable to write after the tragic death of her son.

In a hope to remove her writers block she moves to a remote island off Scotland. A local psychic startles her with a comment about her son and after befriending a local lighthouse keeper things begin to get creepy. Is she imagining strange things happening because of the isolation and the fact she has recently stopped taking medication for depression, or are they real? There is an unfortunate plot stopper 3/4 of the way in the film where a conversation opens out the plot to a point you may think why continue watching, but there is still a twist in the end.

R17 rating but no profanity or nudity (but did have short above the shoulders tasteful sex scene). I think the rating came from one violent scene in particular involving a child. A little bit of gore toward the end but not too graphic.

A stereotyped script resulting in increased predictability combined with a flat but nonetheless decent direction leave an bland aftertaste of something seen a hundred times before, albeit filmed much better. The scenery is incorporated in the plot in a stylized way imbuing an overall "cliche" character to the whole endeavour manifested primarily in the various plot twists. I think the rebuffing comment ("not sufficiently mysterious for a mystery, not sufficiently thrilling for a thriller...") received by the heroine's spouse and inept writer in the beginning of the film, ironically emerges for "Halflight" as a fitting portrayal of a "tepid cup of tea", although i am not by origin the most appropriate person to pass such a judgement being not a fan of such a infusion.

A very good film is this. I am a big Demi Moore fan and this time I was not certainly disappointed. The film starts like a sweet idyll, a famous writer and her family enjoy life, everything goes on well, then, suddenly, the main heroine's son gets drowned, she is devastated, goes far away to the sea coast, to live her grief alone, and then the strange, mystical events start to pile up. The sudden change from the warm, sunny colors of the first part of the movie, to the cold, bleak, mostly blue and gray one of the main part is so great, and I must state that apart from Demi's superb play, the best part is the cameraman's work. You have to watch it to the end, as the film doesn't give you time to change breath or even have a break. A real winner!

I didn't enjoy this, but perhaps I was in a bad mood. Right from the start, though, it got on my nerves. In the opening scenes, we discover a youngish professional couple at home, and it becomes obvious they work in the arts. Various everyday domestic events take place, while their young child plays outside with a talking Action Man figure near a body of water. And then, guess what? Discovering the drowned body of the child, a parent lets out a howl of grief......

What film am I watching? Don't Look Now, of course, with Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie. Except that isn't: it's Half Light, with Demi Moore, and some bloke off the telly.

But I'm sorry to have to tell the Director, Craig Rosenberg: Nicholas Roeg, you're not.

And so the film goes on, a bit of this and a bit of that, a bit of Les Diaboliques, a bit more of Don't Look Now (fey psychic women), a bit of the Shining (writer's block), a bit of the Wicker Man, and none of it quite as good as the original.

And I'm sorry, but while I'm being rude - the music. Composer: Brett Rosenberg. Wouldn't be a relative of yours, would he? All this terrible, oppressive, wistful plinky-plonky noodling on the piano. A hint about the music: if you want to create a supernatural effect with music (i.e. a tape recorder that switches itself on) then if you have to shut the soundtrack up specially so this can happen, you need to consider the possibility that you might be overdoing the soundtrack in the first place. Or worse, your audience might find find itself wondering whether the music is really supernatural at all, or just your relative at it again. Listen: some of the scariest moments in film take place in absolute silence.

And the plot doesn't stand up to scrutiny. I can't really say why without introducing spoilers, but in very general terms, it's one of those complex conspiracies that implausibly depend on everything happening just so. If you look at it all from the point of view of the villains, there's just too many things that could go wrong. I mean, what would have happened if she'd asked the policeman about the lighthouse on her first walk into the village? (That question will make sense if you see the film). Things don't go wrong, of course, or not until the authors want them too, because the authors haven't really thought it through from that point of view: their only intent is to attempt to deceive the audience. And we know it; you have failed to weave the magic spell that ever lets us forget it.

And I'm sorry, for me that opening rip-off, whether cynical plagiarism or just incompetent homage, meant I could never even get started.

I am surprised to hear some people review the movie as if they were paid movie critics. Personally, I enjoyed the movie. When I brought it, I had never heard of it. I wondered if I would like it or just turn it off in disappointment. I couldn't stop watching it out of sheer curiosity. It was obviously a low-budget movie that wasn't intended for the mainstream. Yes, there were some actors who weren't great and the script wasn't fantastic. Trust me I've seen far worse movies. However, overall is was worth watching and buying. I will be recommending this movie to friends!! Don't listen to the critics, professional or otherwise. Decide for yourself!!

I enjoyed this movie a lot since I love horror/mystery/thriller/ghost stories. However, I would put this in the category of ghost story/love story. I think Demi was Demi - not great, but good. I thought it was interesting that they have her coupled with someone almost 20 years younger than she is, just like her real life. I do question some of the scenery. The village looks authentic Scottish with plaster and stone houses. However, the cottage, looks pure Appalacian mountain cabin - certainly not able to withstand hard weather in that part of the British Isles. Also, the lighthouse looks more USA than Scotland. The rest of the scenery looked genuine. I loved the musical score and the GREAT twist at the end. It really leaves you wondering about some things, and that's why I watched it again the next day. I do recommend this movie! I wish it had been based on a novel so I could clear up some questions I still have.

I just attended a test screening of this film and left after half an hour. It was boring, hammy, predictable, clunky and unoriginal.

All the shots are 'picture-postcard' shots of the Scottish coast, reminiscent of an appalling episode of ITV's Cold Feet where they go to Scotland for New Years Eve and "stay in a castle".

There's the hunky fisherman who runs the lighthouse. (and literally walks around holding a fishing rod and fish because... he's a fisherman.) It would not have surprised me to see a young lad carrying his lunch folded up in a red polka-dot handkerchief tied to a stick, whistling and tipping his hat as he went on his merry way. Demi could wave from her log cabin (that no one has lived in for years yet is immaculately tidy, warm and cosy.) Yes, she could wave whilst typing on her "cool" typewriter! What are those? Well, they're like laptops but really s**t and pointless nowadays as any serious writer would tell you. So Demi is an American, who has moved to London, is a writer and doesn't have a laptop? Chances of that? Hmm... er none?

The look of the film is somewhere between a Calvin Klein commercial shot on a beach, an Arena style poster of two young lovers huddled over coffee in a Volkswagen Beatle watching the rain, any cheesy 70s romance movie (I mean in this film, they are even riding on horseback at sunset down a beach within the first 20 minutes!) I could go on but let's change tack.

It is the Sixth Sense and I bet the director and everyone involved is sick to the back teeth of people saying that. Well, they're saying it for a reason, so listen. Yep, Sixth Sense meets Don't Look Now meets a few bits from American Wearwolf in London.

Where were the nasty, violent, Scottish smack-heads drunk on Buckfast? Ooh, everyone's so lovely and friendly in Scotland.. so wee... like bairns.

I'm going now. I won't even mention Demi's 'hard-nosed' friend who works for the "Daily Press" tabloid in London Taaaan. (nice art direction lads, real subtle) "Always looking for the edge that's me, ooh, the scoop, what's the big story? That's what we do in Landan Taaaan... luv a bit of gos" Someone stop me please.

I won't say don't see it. You won't have a choice. There's no way anyone would release this. It was awful.