I am only giving this a 2 because of Bud Cort who did a great job at playing a character that I felt sympathy for. (Which is hard to come by especially now) From the start of this I knew there would be issues. As soon as the credits are done rolling we are shown the front of the courthouse in black and white and at the bottom of the screen we see ''Fairville'' any fan of ''Psycho'' knows the town is Fairvale. Fairville sounds like a game we would be playing on face book. Then we are told a story of a little boy named Alex who is befriended by Norman Bates. Norman Bates from ''Psycho'' alone is shown as a loner. I say it like that because we are supposed to forget about ''Psycho 2'' and ''Psycho 3'' but any true fan can't do that. So these two become friends and skip ahead to the present, Norman has died and left his property to Alex. Alex to me is such a quiet and timid character I couldn't help but feel bad for him, his friend has died and not only does he get the Bates motel and the house he even gets Norman's ashes, which he talks to. I found that to be silly. The rest of the movie goes on as a long joke, Lori Petty plays a girl who has been sleeping in the abandoned home that was once Norman's and now is ''forced'' to mingle with Alex. I say forced because anyone would just kick a wacky girl who dresses as a chicken for work, out of the house! It was a slow movie with silly elements and a ''scooby doo'' ending. Any true fan of the ''Psycho'' franchise should avoid this. I only watched it because it was the only ''Psycho'' thing I had not watched. Want to watch something good related to ''Psycho'' then watch ''Bates Motel'' on the A&E channel. Skip this!!!
Review of Bates Motel
