Dream House

It would not be wrong to suspect that Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz (oh you broke my heart Rachel) kindled their romance on the sets of this movie. Considering that they got married in 2011 and started seeing each other as confirmed from most sources around December 2010. So I think it is safe to assume that Dream House indeed was the Dream come true for one of the more popular Bonds in the world to date and also the reason for a million hearts (including mine) breaking. *sigh*

But having said that, the million hearts breaking would not be the reason for Dream House not having done too well @ the Box Office. One would have expected a deeper story line from the likes of a Jim Sheridan. I mean, one look at Sheridan’s resumé and you would not have a question about the capabilities at all. There are at least 6 Oscar nominations there. Ergo, it would not be unfair to expect a movie that was definitely better than quite most released last year. However, I guess age and fatigue catches up with the best of us and it has with Sheridan.

Somehow, Dream House, never really grabbed me by my shoulders and shook me up as I would have expected it to. It takes a few minutes to settle in first of all and once done, it takes about 5 minutes for someone with reasonable intelligence to start predicting the next scene or 2. The predictability being one part of the reason for disappointment, the other being the not so great performances from the entire cast. I could imaging Craig and Weisz being more focused on each other but will someone please explain to me what is happening to Naomi Watts as the days go by? She seems to be getting more and more jaded by the movie. The support cast doesn’t add much value either.

The movie is intended to be a thriller and does achieve the objective in parts. But unfortunately doesn’t build up to a great finish like a thriller should. Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) is a successful editor with a leading publication who decides to quit his job in the city and get back to his family. The reason being he has not been able to spend enough time with them. As much as he or they would like to. And he does get back to them to their immense happiness. But only to realize in a matter of a day or so that he is probably not Will Atenton. And with all the neighbours staring at him as if he is a ghost from the past, it doesn’t take much for the audience to also put 2 and 2 together either.

Somewhere I think Sheridan lost the plot by making it a bit too obvious. There was no element of suspense. One would expect that in a movie of this kind. Nevertheless, I was a bit disappointed in the end. 5 on 10 is my rating. Downloadable watch.

Watch the trailer at http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi64658457/