The other daughter

ORIGINAL TITLE: The New Daughter

YEAR: 2010

DURATION: 108 min.

COUNTRY: United States

DIRECTOR: Luis Berdejo

SCRIPT: John Travis

MUSIC: Various

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Checco Varese

Cast: Kevin Costner, Ivana Baquero, Gattlin Griffith, Samantha Mathis, Noah Taylor, James Gammon, Erik Palladino, Sandra Ellis Lafferty

PRODUCER: Gold Circle Films / Anchor Bay Films

GENDER: Terror. Thriller

SYNOPSIS

Luis Berdejo first feature, director of several shorts and one of the writers of [REC]. Costner plays John James, a single father who moves with her two children to a farm after a painful divorce. His daughter (Ivana Baquero) starts behaving strangely and left, finding the answer to this mysterious situation in a burial mound located in a nearby field.

CRITICAL

Reviewing several outstanding films to see, I opted for the other daughter , though Spanish director and the emergence of Kevin Costner did not help my already too worn to see new movies spirit of this beloved genre.

First, I was pleasantly surprised to see that the tape ran very fast and smooth. The cast was not all bad and showed signs of Kevin Costner from the beginning of the film. Everything was fine, apparently, great story, immersion ability ... but there came a time when both the script and the characters and mental straws begin to see on the screen awakened in me an overwhelming desire to turn off the TV and go to sleep . After a few seconds I thought and gave him a second chance, but every effort was in vain, we see a series of absurdities and offenses that made history infumable this film. Still, I stayed to see it all, mostly for the interpretation of Ivana Baquero, who did not do anything wrong, especially in scenes where we see quite involved with the story, a good process of change evident through its performance and lets us some decent sustillo.

As for Kevin Costner, as flojucho as he usually does, making one of the roles that best give (American father with traditional values). I expected much more.

As for the story, it starts great but middle and end, as they say the classics, very poor. Do not give more details, no gut, but I do not recommend this movie if you enjoy mental health.