Dream House
Successful publisher Will Atenton quit a job in New York City to relocate his wife, Libby, and two girls to a quaint New England town. Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, they learn of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
28 October 1939, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
7 March 1970, Westminster, London, England, UK
7 September 1961, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
10 November 1960, Cold Spring, New York, USA
30 June 1966, Invercargill, New Zealand
28 September 1968, Shoreham, Kent, England, UK
19 September 2001
August 26, 2015
The final wheeze of the J-horror-inspired domestic thrillers that ran rampant a few years back.
March 01, 2013
Dream House has been sold as a ghost movie but in reality, it is a psychological thriller mystery with a really bad ending.
October 01, 2011
This suburban gothic is a logy, convoluted mess.
January 31, 2013
So much is just so...obvious.
September 30, 2011
While Will and Libby struggle to adjust their thinking caps, the viewer already knows, thanks to the tell-all trailer, the reason for much of the confusion.
October 02, 2011
Was the screenplay, credited to David Loucka, this schizophrenic from the beginning? Or was some major tampering/reworking done at some point?
September 30, 2011
This crackpot thriller from the usually competent Jim Sheridan leaves only one mystery unsolved: what on earth was he thinking?
October 01, 2011
The film's ambitions are woefully small and familiar.
June 22, 2013
This is a sunken wreck from the get-go, and everyone involved knows it and just tries to get away.
January 06, 2013
At least Weisz and Craig wound up married after this mess.
November 22, 2011
A well-acted but ramshackle mess.
February 15, 2013
The only real mystery is why some A-list actors and a director of Jim Sheridan's calibre would even ponder working on such an uncalled-for project in the first place.
