Case 39 ( 2010 )

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, & Adrian Lester

Directed by Christian Alvart

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795351/


     To say that Case 39 is misleading, is to put things lightly.  C39 is what i hate about modern "Horror" movies.  There was nothing Horror about it, and it to call it a Horror Movie is insulting to the very term Horror Movie.  It was dull, drawn out, slow moving throughout, and had zero connection with an audience.  I felt like walking out Half way through, due to onset dumb movie narcolepsy.

     The acting wasn't bad at all (which actually kind of saved this garbage heap) but even with a decent cast and great film location (Portland Oregon) it was too much for anybody to sit through.  The whole movie felt like it was caught in the confines of the Pacific Northwest weather ( gloomy, dark, wet, and depressing) and took waaay too long for any real action or suspense to kick in.

     The story was a pretty simple one.  Case 39 centers on an idealistic social worker who saves an abused 10-year-old girl from her parents only to discover that the girl is not as innocent as she thinks.  To me it felt like The Omen meets The Orphan, sans a 30 something chick dressed up like a little girl.  Not only was the story kinda of dull, the pace for which it was set was agonizingly slow.  I have said this many times before, but you cannot have a decent movie with a slow and dull pace.  The audience grows bored and begins to fidget with cell phones checking how time is left.

     On the plus side, it was nice to see Bradley Cooper step out of his type cast role to try something different.  Until he met his demise that was the only thing that kept my interest.  Miss Zellweger showed that she could handle a so so role like this and still make it semi fun to watch.  Not all of the move was so bad.  There were some decent implied "Messed up" moments.  One of which had a family throw their little girl into the stove and light it.  No real gore, but f'd up to think about.

     The last thing I felt was bad was the R rating.  I think I heard the F word three to five times and the gore, or lack of, was not enough to warrant an R rating.  Maybe sometime soon we will get a solid hard R rating for a solid Horror movie.  Oh wait thats right, just wait 2 weeks;)

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