Grand bleu, Le (1988)

Luc Besson

Between what you know and what you wish, lies the secret of... [The Big Blue]

Enzo and Jacques have known each other for a long time. Their friendship started in their childhood days in the mediterranean. They were not real friends in these days, but there was something they both loved and used to do the whole day long: diving. One day Jacques' father, who was a diver too, died in the mediterranean sea. After that incident Enzo and Jacques lost contact. After several years, Enzo and Jacques had grown up, Johanna, a young clerk in a security office, has to go to Peru. There she meets Jacques who works for a group of scientist. He dives for some minutes into ice cold water and the scientist monitor his physical state that is more like a dolphin's than a human's. Johanna can not believe what she sees and gets very interested in Jacques but she's unable to get acquainted with him. Some weeks later, back in her office, she notices a championship for divers that is supposed to take place in Taormina, Italy. In order to see Jacques again she makes up a story so the firm sends her to Italy for business purposes. In Taormina there is also Enzo, the reigning diving world champion. He knows that only Jacques can challenge and probably beat him. This time Johanna and Jacques get closer, but Jacques, being more a dolphin than a man, can not really commit and his rivalry with Enzo pushes both man into dangerous territory..

Ξεκίνησα να δω το απέραντο γαλάζιο χωρίς μεγάλες προσδοκίες ...περίμενα ότι θα είναι μια ταινία καταδύσεων με πανέμορφα τοπία .Οτι πρέπει για το καλοκαιράκι . Λάθος . τα πράγματα δεν είναι τόσο απλά , ποτέ δεν είναι .Κατά τη γνώμη μου είναι μια ταινία για τα θέλω μας στη ζωή η μάλλον για τον τρόπο που θα θέλαμε να είναι η ζωή μας ,για τους περιορισμούς τής καθημερινότητας ... την πραγματικότητα και την κατάρριψη της τελευταίας ... τον έρωτα ...τα όνειρα μας… τους απώτερους στόχους μας .... την ελευθερία .
Τα τοπία ...όχι απλά όμορφα , μαγικά , μουσική που σε αγγίζει
και τέλος ...το τέλος .... η κορύφωση της ανθρώπινης ύπαρξης . (8/10)

Midnight Express (1978)

Alan Parker

Αθώο αμερικανάκι πάει διακοπές στην κόλαση - Κωνσταντινούπολη βρίσκει μπαφο σε τιμή ευκαιρίας και θέλει να το περάσει στην μαμά πατρίδα ...διαβολικοί τούρκοι μπάτσοι τον πιάνουν και του κάνουν τη ζωή κόλαση ...και η ιστορία πάει λέγοντας .Καταλαβαίνεις πόσο ενοχλητική θα είναι αυτή η ταινία από τα πρώτα πέντε λεπτά που σιχαίνεσαι ότι έχει να κάνει με τσίχλα...πάντως αν σκοπός της ήταν να περάσει την ένταση στο θεατή ...οφείλω να ομολογήσω πως την πέρασε και με το παραπάνω...! .

Μονόπλευρη από την αρχή ως στο τέλος η ταινία χωρίς να μπαίνει καν στον κόπο να δείξει έτσι εικονικά τουλάχιστον έναν χαρακτήρα τούρκο ...που να έχει ίχνος καλοσύνης .(Όλοι μοιάζουν να έχουν βγει από καρικατούρα και η ομοιότητα με τα γουρούνια είναι εμφανέστατη).Τον ρατσιστικό μονόλογο αρνούμαι να τον σχολιάσω ...
....Πάντως έχει πλάκα να παρακολουθείς το πως οι πολιτικές εξελίξεις έχουν αντίκτυπο πάνω στην αμερικανική κινηματογραφική βιομηχανία και το πως αυτό που υποτίθεται θέλει να κατακρίνει αυτή η ταινία (με τις συνεχείς υπερβολές και διαστρεβλώσεις ομως για έναν ολόκληρο λαό ξαναπροσθετω εγώ)εξυψώνοντας το εγώ του αμερικανου πολίτη(πάντα οι άλλοι φταίνε ) γίνεται τώρα επίκριση για τις ίδιες πράξεις για το Αμερικανικο αυτή τη φορά κράτος(τραγική ειρωνεία?) -και εδώ δεν μιλάμε για την φαντασία ενός σκηνοθέτη η σεναριογράφου- (βλέπε The Road to Guantánamo).....δεν μπορώ να βαθμολογήσω αυτή την ταινία γιατί ένας καλός βαθμός δεν θα της άξιζε (για το ρατσιστικό μήνυμα που περνά) ενώ σκηνοθετικά αλλά και όσο έχει να κάνει με την υποκριτική κυμαινόταν σε πάρα πολύ καλά επίπεδα .(αν εξαιρέσεις ότι περιλαμβάνει την ποιο γελοία σκηνή που έχω δει σε ταινία ...:P δεν χρειάζεται να πω παραπάνω αν τη δείτε θα καταλάβετε ποια εννοώ) ....

ηθικό δίδαγμα ...το τρένο του μεσονυχτίου δεν είναι και η καλύτερη επιλογή ...εγώ προτείνω άλλο μέσο μεταφοράς ....

Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)

Giuseppe Tornatore

A celebration of youth, friendship, and the everlasting magic of the movies.

A man receives news from his aging mother in a little town that someone he once knew has passed away. A beautiful story unfolds about the man's childhood friendship with an old man who was the projectionist at the local theater. Their bond was one that contained many highlights and tragedies, and shaped the way for a young boy to grow and move out of his rundown village to pursue a dream.

Ενας ύμνος στην μαγεία του κινηματογράφου....
νιώθεις ότι είσαι ο ίδιος μέσα στην αίθουσα, το ζεις ...
νιώθεις δάκρυα να κυλανε στο πρόσωπο σου ...
δεν ξέρεις τι είναι ...
ίσως η καταπληκτική μουσική του Ennio Morricone...
ή η νοσταλγία γι αυτά που πέρασαν η και ακόμα ...γι αυτά που δεν έζησες…

(9/10)

Saibogujiman kwenchana (2006)

Chan-wook Park
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK

Η Γιουνγκ-Γκουν, μια νεαρή, όμορφη γυναίκα που πιστεύει ότι είναι cyborg, εισάγεται
σε ψυχιατρείο. Αρνείται πεισματικά να φάει και μόνο ο έρωτάς της για τον Ιλ-Σουν –ο οποίος μπορεί να κλέβει τις ιδιότητες των άλλων– θα τη βοηθήσει να βρει τη φυλακισμένη της γιαγιά.

Τώρα τι να πεις για τον Chan-wook Park ?
...μετά την αξέχαστη τριλογία της εκδίκησης δημιουργεί μια ερωτική ιστορία (σαν όλες τις άλλες ?) σε καμία περίπτωση ..
Με το δικό του μοναδικό τρόπο κάνει το όνειρο ένα με τη πραγματικότητα ...σουρεαλιστικές καταστάσεις σε κάνουν να χαμογελάς ...
φεύγοντας από την αίθουσα ..ήμουν ο πιο ευτυχισμένος άνθρωπος στον κόσμο ...μια ευχαρίστηση και ολοκλήρωση ...με τον ίδιο τρόπο που την είχα νιώσει μετά το τέλος της Lady Vengeance...όμως αυτή τη φορά όχι με την εκδίκηση ...αλλά με τον έρωτα ...

(9/10)

American History X (1998)

Tony Kaye

His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope.

Derek Vinyard returns from prison to find his younger brother, Danny, caught in the same web of racism and hatred that landed him in prison. After Derek's father is killed in the line of duty by a minority, Derek's view of mankind is altered, but while in prison, he discovers that there is good and bad in every race. The task before him now is to convince Danny of his newfound enlightenment.

Μια ταινία γροθιά στο στομάχι ....ρεαλιστική απεικόνιση της πραγματικότητας , ωμή βία ... μια σπουδή πάνω στο μίσος και στα αποτελέσματα του πάνω στην κοινωνία αλλά και στους ίδιους τους ανθρώπους.

Εξαιρετική ερμηνεία από τον Edward Norton
και ένα τέλος απλά συγκλονιστικό.
Χαράσσεται για πάντα μέσα σου
Προσωπικά ...έγινε μια από τις αγαπημένες μου .

(9/10)

Danny Vinyard: So I guess this is where I tell you what I learned - my conclusion, right? Well, my conclusion is: Hate is baggage. Life's too short to be pissed off all the time. It's just not worth it. Derek says it's always good to end a paper with a quote. He says someone else has already said it best. So if you can't top it, steal from them and go out strong. So I picked a guy I thought you'd like. 'We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.'

ΠΑΙΖΟΥΜΕ?

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Michael Haneke

Let the games begin...

In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.

Αν η λύτρωση είναι αυτό που νομίζεις ότι θα έχεις φίλτατε αναγνώστη ...αν ψάχνεις να βρεις τα κίνητρα για τις πράξεις των δυο επισκεπτών ...ατύχησες....εκεί που νομίζεις ότι έρχεται η εξιλέωση και των πρωταγωνιστών και η δική σου εκεί θα σου έρθει στο δόξα πατρι το " τηλεκοντρόλ " και θα λες τι έκανα θεέ μου για να τα περνάω αυτά ...Ο Haneke όχι μόνο κατακρίνει την αμερικάνικη βιομηχανία ταινιών που προάγει τη βία αλλά σε τιμωρεί και εσένα και τα S&M ένστικτα σου που επέλεξες να την δείς .(ααα όλα κι όλα... σου&μου αξίζει )
Να συμπληρώσω εδώ ότι μας τιμωρεί για δεύτερη φορά (βλέπε αρχικά Funny Games (1997)
και μάλιστα με τον ίδιο πανομοιότυπο τρόπο ....το μόνο που άλλαξε ήταν οι γλώσσα και οι ηθοποιοί (από όλο το καστ που έμοιαζε να έχει γεννηθεί για τους ρόλους τους ....θα ξεχωρίσω Naomi Watts και Michael Pitt που για άλλη μια φορά έδωσαν ρέστα )

(8/10)

Memorable quotes: Anna: Why don't you just kill us?
Peter: [smiling] You shouldn't forget the importance of entertainment...

Monsoon Wedding (2001)

Mira Nair
The Rain is coming... and so is the Family.

A story set in the modern upper-middle class of India, where telecommunications and a western lifestyle mix with old traditions, like the arranged wedding young Aditi accepts when she ends the affair with a married TV producer. The groom is an Indian living in Texas, and all relatives from both families, some from distant places like Australia, come to New Delhi during the monsoon season to attend the wedding. The four-day arrangements and celebrations will see clumsy organization, family parties and drama, dangers to the happy end of the wedding, lots of music and even a new romance for the wedding planner Dubey with the housemaid Alice...

Συμπαθέστατη ταινία ...έντονα χρώματα μουσική και ατμόσφαιρα που νομίζεις ότι είσαι καθοδόν για την Ινδία

(6.5/10)....ακόμα καλύτερο το φαγητό μετέπειτα στο yoga bala !!!!(10/10) :P

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Ethan Coen
Joel Coen

What's the most you ever lost on a coin toss?

In rural Texas, welder and hunter Llewelyn Moss discovers the remains of several drug runners who have all killed each other in an exchange gone violently wrong. Rather than report the discovery to the police, Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart.

Βίαιη και συγχρόνως διασκεδαστική με την ειρωνεία και το μαύρο χιούμορ να είναι διάχυτα από την αρχή ως το τέλος της

(8/10)->Για του πανέξυπνους διαλόγους, για την ερμηνεία του Javier Bardem μα πάνω από όλα για το άπαιχτο χτένισμα του που νομίζω ότι θα μείνει στην ιστορία του κινηματογράφου... :P

Whatcha got ain't nothin new. This country's hard on people, you can't stop what's coming, it ain't all waiting on you. That's vanity. ..

¿Qué he hecho yo para merecer esto!! (1984)

Pedro Almodóvar


Also Known As: What Have I Done to Deserve This?

A dysfunctional family in Madrid: Gloria is a cleaning lady, hooked on No-Doze, living in a crowded flat with Antonio, her surly husband, a cabby who adores an aging German singer he used to chauffeur; he's also a forger. One teen son sells heroin, the other sleeps with men. Her mother-in-law keeps bottled water and cupcakes under lock and key, selling them to the family. Two alcoholic writers cook up a plot to sell a manuscript as Hitler's memoirs, if Antonio will transcribe it in Hitler's hand. He agrees, so they ask the German singer to play the role of the original owner since her past affinity for Nazi memorabilia makes her a likely candidate. Meanwhile, Gloria has given away one son to a sex-crazed dentist, and grandma picks up a pet lizard. Can this chaos be tamed?

Mέτρια...

τελειώνοντας την είχες κιόλας ξεχάσει .

Πάντα βέβαια παίζουν ρόλο οι προσδοκίες που έχουμε για κάτι ...στη συγκεκριμένη περίπτωση , απογοητεύτηκα

(5.5/10)

ΠΙΝΩ ΜΠΑΦΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΒΛΕΠΩ LYNCH....

Inland Empire (2006)

David Lynch
A Story of a mystery...A mystery inside worlds within worlds...Unfolding around a woman...A woman in love and in trouble.

A blonde actress is preparing for her biggest role yet, but when she finds herself falling for her co-star, she realizes that her life is beginning to mimic the fictional film that they're shooting. Adding to her confusion is the revelation that the current film is a remake of a doomed Polish production, 47, which was finished due to an unspeakable tragedy.

Μια εμπειρία... έτσι θα χαρακτήριζα αυτή την ταινία. Τρεις ώρες βομβαρδίζεσαι με πως γιατί και ποτέ .παρακολουθείς και βυθίζεσαι στην παράνοια ."Κουνέλια" που μιλάνε -σχόλια πάνω στην τυποποιημένη ψυχαγωγία των μαζών .Ολοφάνερες αιχμές κατά του hοllywood (με αποκορύφωμα τα ξερατά πάνω πάνω σε πλακάκι-αστέρι στην Walk of Fame !)παράλληλες πραγματικότητες και γεγονότα που παραθέτονται χωρίς καμιά συνοχή συνθέτουν το ονειρικό σύμπαν του lynch .Παρόν και μέλλον εναλλάσσονται ...μήπως είναι όλα μια στιγμή (just a blink of an eye)?Ένα ατελείωτο παζλ .Στο τέλος (βέβαια δεν σου δίνει απάντηση !)και αφού έχουν περάσει οι σχεδόν 3 ώρες τότε ..αρχίζει το παρτυ ...το γιορτάζετε μαζί...κάνεις ένα μικρό flash back στις προηγούμενες ταινίες του σκηνοθέτη ....και μετά νιώθεις σαν να έχεις μόλις ξυπνήσει...όχι ρε γαμωτο....

(9/10)

I figured one day I'd just wake up and and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I'm not too keen on thinkin' about tommorow. And today's slipping by...

How about a shave?

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

Tim Burton
Never Forget. Never Forgive!

After hard years in exile for a crime he didn't commit, Benjamin Barker now Sweeney Todd, returns to London to find his wife dead and his daughter in the hands of the evil Judge Turpin. In his anger, Sweeney goes on a murderous rampage on all London, with the help of Mrs. Lovett, he opens a barber shop in which he lures his victims in with a charming smile before casually ending their life with a flick of his razor across their neck. But not one man killed, nor ten thousands men can satisfy Sweeney's lust for revenge on those who've caused his years of pain

Το ξανάκανε το θαύμα του ο Tιμ Mπαρτον ...σκοτεινη και συγχρονως παραμυθενια ,ατμοσφαιρικη και αιματοβαμενη...Απλά συναρπαστική!

(9/10)

3.1415926535897932384626433832795

π(1998)

Darren Aronofsky

faith in chaos

The mathematician Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette) is tormented by a severe migraine since he was a kid, and he uses many pills to reduce his painful headaches. He is a lonely man, and his only friend is his former professor Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis). Max has the following assumptions, which rules his life: (1) Mathematics is the language of nature; (2) Everything around us can be represented and understood from numbers; (3) If you graph the numbers in any systems, patterns emerge. Therefore there are patterns everywhere in nature. Based on these principles, Max is trying to figure out a system to predict the behavior of the stock market. Due to his research, Max is chased by a Wall Street company with obvious interest in the results of his studies, and by an orthodox Jew follower of the Torah, who believes that this long string of numbers is a code sent from God

(9/10)-> Για τη μουσική που τα σπάει + γιατί με μικρό μπατζετ o Aronofsky κατάφερε να κάνει μια ταινία που διαπερνά το μυαλό σου σαν τρυπάνι ;P

Suspiria (1977)

Dario Argento

The Only Thing More Terrifying Than The Last 12 Minutes Of This Film Are The First 92!

A young American dancer travels to Europe to join a famous ballet school. As she arrives, the camera turns to another young woman, who appears to be fleeing from the school. She returns to her apartment where she is gruesomely murdered by a hideous creature. Meanwhile, the young American is trying to settle in at the ballet school, but hears strange noises and is troubled by bizarre occurrences. She eventually discovers that the school is merely a front for a much more sinister organization

Ένα σκοτεινό παραμύθι ...Υποβλητική ατμόσφαιρα ,μπαρόκ αισθητική , έντονα χρώματα ,χαμηλός φωτισμός ,ψυχεδελική μουσική ( + η ποιο ευφάνταστη σκηνή φόνου που έχω δει σε ταινία) τελειώνει και τα πάντα μοιάζουν με εφιάλτη ....

Once You've Seen It, You Will Never Again Feel Safe In The Dark

(8.5/10)

The Prophecy (1995)

Gregory Widen
Years after losing his faith, Detective Thomas Daggett, (Elias Koteas) is assigned to a murder case where the victim is almost unrecognizable. Finding an ancient bible among the victim's belongings, he begins to translate it and finds that it contains a previously-unknown chapter detailing a second war in Heaven among angels. On an Indian Reservation in Arizona, teacher Katherine Henley, (Virginia Madsen) thinks that something's wrong with her children, and it leads Det. Daggett to the area. Also racing to the area is Gabriel, (Christopher Walken) a renegade angel wanting to restore Heaven to it's former past. Investigating the appearance of the angel and the sudden chaos in the town, they band together to stop the renegade angel from unleashing a war on Earth that will tear apart Heaven above.

Catherine: Go to hell!
Gabriel: Heaven, darling. Heaven. At least get the zip code right.
(7.5/10)

Atonement (2007)

Joe Wright
Torn apart by betrayal. Separated by war. Bound by love

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner, the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia. Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony -- who has a crush on Robbie -- is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested -- and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love

Είναι λίγες οι φορές που μια ταινία κατορθώνει να σε κάνει να νιώσεις έτσι ...ανάξιος να κάνεις σχόλιο .Μένεις σιωπηλός...προσπαθείς να το συνειδητοποιήσεις .Απλά καθηλωτική.
(9/10)

Session 9 (2001)

Brad Anderson

Fear Is A Place.

An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil's old girlfriend, and Gordon's new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins.

Ατμοσφαιρικό , τόσο ώστε να σε κάνει να νιώθεις άβολα...χάνεσαι στην δίνη της παράνοιας ...ίσως ο Simon δεν είναι τόσο μακριά ...

Simon: You can hear me!

(7.5/10)

21 Grams (2003)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck (Naomi Watts), an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro), an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

Paul Rivers: How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twenty-one grams. The weight of a stack of five nickels. The weight of a hummingbird. A chocolate bar. How much did 21 grams weigh?
(8.5/10)

Blowup (1966)

Michelangelo Antonioni
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. The fact that he has photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

Υπάρχει ακόμα νόημα σε μια φωτογραφία μετά από τη συνεχή μεγέθυνση της , ή μήπως αυτό το ακαθόριστο και αφηρημένο σύνολο που απομένει στη θέση της αφήνει την φαντασία να οργιάζει ; Τι είναι πραγματικότητα και τι ψευδαίσθηση ;
Μια ταινία-παζλ με το τελευταίο κομμάτι να αγνοείται (...η μήπως όχι ;)

(8.5/10)

MUST SEE MOVIE

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

Milos Forman

If he's crazy, what does that make you?

McMurphy(Jack Nicholson), a man with several assault convictions to his name, finds himself in jail once again. This time, the charge is statutory rape when it turns out that his girlfriend had lied about being eighteen, and was, in fact, fifteen (or, as McMurphy puts it, "fifteen going on thirty-five"). Rather than spend his time in jail, he convinces the guards that he's crazy enough to need psychiatric care and is sent to a hospital. He fits in frighteningly well, and his different point of view actually begins to cause some of the patients to progress. Nurse Ratched(Louise Fletcher) becomes his personal cross to bear as his resistance to the hospital routine gets on her nerves

Sentimental, funny, dramatic, intense, chilling,stunning, disturbing, diverting, tragic...
perfect(9.5/10)

...Rules? PISS ON YOUR FUCKING RULES!

Psycho (1998)

Gus Van Sant

Check in. Unpack. Relax. Take a shower.

In this remake of Alfred Hitchcock's materpiece, Anne Heche takes over Janet Leigh's role of Marion Crane, a young secretary whose boyfriend, Sam Loomis (Viggo Mortensen), has troubles paying off a debt and his wife's alimony. One day, a rich client of her boss buys a house with $400,000 in cash. To fix her problems, Marion steals the money and heads out to California to live her dream life with Sam. But she gets lost in a bad storm and stops at the Bates Motel, where the proprietor, Norman Bates (Vince Vaughn), lives a very troubled life with his dominating mother, whom he lives with in their house on the hill next to the motel. A week later, Marion has vanished and no one can find her or the stolen money, not even Sam, her sister, Lila (Julianne Moore), or a private detective (William H. Macy) who has been hired to find Marion and the money. But a deadly secret is waiting to be discovered inside the Bates house.

Ταινία στην οποία παίζει η Julianne Moore δεν μπορώ να είμαι αντικειμενικός (θα μπορούσα να τη βλέπω για δυο ώρες χωρίς να κάνει τίποτα)
...παρόλ’αυτά θα πω αυτά που έχω να πω ,
Για το συγκεκριμένο remake έχουν ακουστεί διάφορα ,η γνωμη μου ειναι πως η ταινία βλέπεται ...και μάλιστα ευχάριστα .Σίγουρα πάντως δεν υπάρχει μέτρο σύγκρισης με το original (6/10)