I do not know what some of these armchair reviewers were looking for. They claim there is no story. They claim there are no scares. They claim...
They I believe never saw the movie!
Then again maybe they were expecting some sort of "Ghost Ship" type of story. Well, this was a house boat and not an ocean liner so no ship of 1,000 dead people.
What I found it to be was a well acted well written story about a cursed ship with a long history of tragedies. It seduces it next owner to be, Oldman, from the moment he sees her in spite of the rough shape she is in. He sacrifices everything to buy her and take his family away from what he feels is a go nowhere life. He believes he can make money on fishing cruises, sight seeing, and touristy things like that. Not unrealistic, but yet not solid enough to "bet the farm on".
Right away crazy things start happening.
Most of the tale is told in flashback as the wife is being interrogated by the FBI. Maybe that put off some of the reviewers here.
Gary Oldman, assuming he filmed this after his impressive performance as Winston Churchill, must have been enjoying the no make-up, t-shirt and shorts attire he wore for the duration!
Enjoyable!
They I believe never saw the movie!
Then again maybe they were expecting some sort of "Ghost Ship" type of story. Well, this was a house boat and not an ocean liner so no ship of 1,000 dead people.
What I found it to be was a well acted well written story about a cursed ship with a long history of tragedies. It seduces it next owner to be, Oldman, from the moment he sees her in spite of the rough shape she is in. He sacrifices everything to buy her and take his family away from what he feels is a go nowhere life. He believes he can make money on fishing cruises, sight seeing, and touristy things like that. Not unrealistic, but yet not solid enough to "bet the farm on".
Right away crazy things start happening.
Most of the tale is told in flashback as the wife is being interrogated by the FBI. Maybe that put off some of the reviewers here.
Gary Oldman, assuming he filmed this after his impressive performance as Winston Churchill, must have been enjoying the no make-up, t-shirt and shorts attire he wore for the duration!
Enjoyable!