![]() ![]() Had the film been written and shot as a tongue-in-cheek comedic version of the story with intentional sarcasm, etc, it might have worked. starting at the half-way point I could not wait for it to be over. ![]() From the mediocre-to-outright-horrible acting (except, ironically, for Tori Spelling who plays a sexy, baby-seeking blonde), to the lackluster script, to the 2 hour running time (note to director: you should be GLAD you were forced to reduce it to this length). I had high hopes going in, as I do with all films shown at SIFF, but I was disappointed throughout and I know others were as well. Someone connected to the film previously commented that some posts are not relevant or are about some other film - and gave a score of 10 while at it. I was just at the "world premiere" of Cthulhu at the Seattle Int'l Film Festival tonight so this comment IS actually about the correct film. ![]()
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