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Stellar performances and a script full of psychological wisdom brought the real Cary Grant to life. Anxious, intense, neurotic, lecturing, kindly, well meaning, complex, loving, confused, it was all there, a fully rounded, brilliantly observed tour de force. What a wonderful character and a fascinating man. Well done to all, every character perfectly observed, Jason Isaacs deserves awards for this and Dame Harriet Walter proving once again her status as among the finest actors of her generation. Kara Tointon and Niamh Cusack also contributing some of their best work Best bit of TV I have seen in a long while.

I was looking for something like this at Christmas, something that makes you think, that isnt full of vulgar base line humor. I found this amazing, each frame adds to the sense of time and space and loss and longing. Little needs to be said. Anyone who has lost a loved one will be sure to be touched by this.... but it's not really sad- there is a dark comedy about it, a sitcom for the immortal soul. I loved how the traditional tropes of ghost stories were turned on their heads, in a way that doesnt turn into the high comedy of Beetlejuice, nor into a messy scary horror. It's mildly creepy at first but one soon realizes this is from a completely new philosophical angle. It has real pathos and style, and I and whoever or whatever else calls my house home, found it relatable and adorable on many levels.

This one has it all, bad acting, bad plot, bad writing.. You never get to like any character, and it had the feel of one of those porn films someone tried too hard with and tried to make entertaining. Porn film without the porn. It isn't scary at all and used every tired horror cliché. The back story surely could have been better if they hadn't tried to tack it to a real historic and researchable case. A little more imagination could have gone a long way. The acting is so wooden that it could have been done better with hand puppets, though in the case of the creepy house owner, that very much serves the story. I'm wondering if this was intended as a quasi comedy along the lines of "Birdemic- Shock & Awe" in that its so bad its strangely good? But this doesn't have the same kind of appeal. It's just a horrible horrible movie that has already been made a hundred times over. Don't bother with this film I'm sure there is some drying paint that needs watching?