Despite the assiduous grinding of plot mechanics by William Brent Bell (“The Devil Inside”) and scripter Stacey Menear, the movie never fully distracts its audience from the inherent silliness of its premise — a young woman is hired by an elderly couple as a nanny for a life- sized doll — and, as a result, is more likely to elicit laughs and rude remarks rather than screams and rooting interest. Still, a respectable opening- weekend gross is possible, given the current lack of similar product in the megaplex marketplace. Lauren Cohan of TV’s “The Walking Dead” stars as Greta, an American who opts to get far away from an abusive boyfriend by traveling all the way to a distant corner of the British countryside. She winds up at a Gothic manor home near an isolated village, to interview for what she thinks will be the job of caring for an 8- year- old boy. The good news: She lands the gig. Get exclusive film and movie reviews from THR, the leading source of film reviews online. We take an honest look at the best and worst movies Hollywood has to offer. About This Game Trapped With The Dolls is a room-scale Virtual Reality psychological thriller that requires the player to solve puzzles and unveil mysteries to escape. Who came out on top? Latest, Greatest Movie, Sci-Fi, Cult TV, Pop Culture, Comics Merchandise, Memorabilia. Action figures, toys, posters, calendars, comics, graphic novels from Buffy. A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers and their haunted collection of dolls. The bad news: Her aged employees, Mr. Heelshire (Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle), want her to watch over Brahms, a life- sized china doll they treat as their son. Evil clowns have appeared in music and literature for hundreds of year. The famous Italian opera Pagliacci, first performed in 1892. Although it would not be. The worse news: The Heelshires quickly depart for an extended vacation, leaving Greta alone with Brahms in an old dark house where things go bump in the night, items inexplicably disappear and/or relocate, and sporadic dream- sequence fakeouts provide low- voltage shocks. Rupert Evans — who, in more than a few shots here, looks as though he could pass for Brad Pitt’s younger brother — pops up occasionally as Malcom, a hunky deliveryman who divides his time between flirting with Greta and telling her about the “real” Brahms, an 8- year- old youngster who reportedly perished in a house fire 2. And his spirit almost certainly isn’t blithe. To give credit where it is due: Bell, with no small amount of help from lenser Daniel Pearl and production designer John Willett, generates some palpable suspense during atmospheric sequences in which Greta explores the nooks and crannies of Heelshire manor. And editor Brian Berdan deserves praise for seamlessly interlacing scenes actually shot in two different houses and various studio sets. Directed by Tom Holland. With Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif. A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday. But there is just so much that can be done to counterbalance the laugh- out- loud daftness of scenes that call for Cohan run the gamut from cynical to fearful to maternal while acting opposite her china- doll co- star. Boy, talk about a surefire way of guaranteeing bad word of mouth. Reviewed at Edwards Marq*E Stadium 2. Houston, Jan. MPAA Rating: PG- 1. Running time: 9. 7 MIN. Production. An STX Entertainment release and presentation in association with Lakeshore Entertainment and Huayi Brothers of a Lakeshore Entertainment and STX Entertainment production, in association with Vertigo Entertainment. Produced by Jim Wedaa, Roy Lee, Matt Berenson, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright. Executive producers, Eric Reid, David Kern, John Powers Middleton, Robert Simonds, Adam Fogelson, Oren Aviv, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, Donald Tang. Crew. Directed by William Brent Bell. Screenplay, Stacey Menear. Camera (color), Daniel Pearl; editor, Brian Berdan; music, Bear Mc. Creary; production designer, John Willett; art director, James Steuart; costume designer, Jori Woodman; sound, Kevin Sands; associate producer, Jackie Shenoo; assistant director, Paul Barry; casting, Julie Hutchinson. With. Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle, Ben Robson, James Russell. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls Movie Review (1. Ebert's Note: . Although it would not be appropriate for me to review. I offer the following observations written for. Film Comment magazine on the occasion of the movie's 1. Remembered. after 1. But in hindsight I can recognize that. An independent X- rated. Whatever its faults or virtues, . Meyer wanted everything in the screenplay except the. The movie, he theorized, should simultaneously be a satire, a. Sharon Tate murders) of. Meyer directed his actors with. Some of. the actors asked me whether their dialogue wasn't supposed to be humorous, but. Meyer discussed it so seriously with them that they hesitated to risk offending. The result is that . There have been movies in which the actors played. But the tone of . The character of teenage rock tycoon Ronnie. Not long ago, for example, I was invited up to Syracuse. University to discuss Meyer's work, and the subject of Z- Man came up. But in fact those earlier scenes were written before either Meyer or. I knew Z- Man was a transvestite: that plot development came on the spur of the. So, too, did such inspirations as quoting a . Meyer's motive was much more basic: By using the music, he. X rating. In. the event, of course, . There is a story about that. If the movie were to be rated today, it. R rating with a few small cuts. It was a very mild X. When they. didn't get it, Meyer believed the ratings board had felt obligated to give the. Meyer still waxes nostalgic for the . The movie still seems to play for audiences; it hasn't dated, apart. It begins rather slowly, because so many characters have to be. That stretch of. . It works. Advertisement. And. the movie as a whole? I think of it as an essay on our generic expectations. The strange thing about the movie is that it. When Meyer and I were hired a few years later to work on an ill- fated. Sex Pistols movie called.
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