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Others have noted the plot hole re: the communication between the two female leads, and I'll add that the second funeral felt... surreal. I got the impression that the characters felt that way as well, and maybe the actors did too. Maybe everyone did.
Despite a few flaws, this movie never lost my interest. The ending wasn't quite as interesting as the first 3/4 of it, but that's a small complaint. The casting was good, even including Al Borland. I liked the varied kinds of personalities on display here. Life is like that. We're all different. The story didn't seem to mind, so neither did I.
I think the one thing I would have definitely changed is to think through the plot a couple more times and patch up the holes somehow. Aside from that it was pretty good. Emily's turned into a lovely young woman, and Victoria Pratt is a gorgeous not-quite-as-young woman! The men seemed to be into their roles, and I enjoyed the shifting sense of who was messed up here and the increasingly panicked discovery of what was happening.
The chemistry seemed real all around -- with the exception of the two parents. It seemed to take poor Dana forever to wake up -- and I don't mean just physically. Maybe her daughter got her dad's smarts. :-/
There's nothing terribly new here, so it's not a must-see, but it's an enjoyable watch.
Others have noted the plot hole re: the communication between the two female leads, and I'll add that the second funeral felt... surreal. I got the impression that the characters felt that way as well, and maybe the actors did too. Maybe everyone did.
Despite a few flaws, this movie never lost my interest. The ending wasn't quite as interesting as the first 3/4 of it, but that's a small complaint. The casting was good, even including Al Borland. I liked the varied kinds of personalities on display here. Life is like that. We're all different. The story didn't seem to mind, so neither did I.
I think the one thing I would have definitely changed is to think through the plot a couple more times and patch up the holes somehow. Aside from that it was pretty good. Emily's turned into a lovely young woman, and Victoria Pratt is a gorgeous not-quite-as-young woman! The men seemed to be into their roles, and I enjoyed the shifting sense of who was messed up here and the increasingly panicked discovery of what was happening.
The chemistry seemed real all around -- with the exception of the two parents. It seemed to take poor Dana forever to wake up -- and I don't mean just physically. Maybe her daughter got her dad's smarts. :-/
There's nothing terribly new here, so it's not a must-see, but it's an enjoyable watch.