i do not know why the critic trash this movie . i hardly ever agree with them anyway . the movie could have be a little scarier i do not usually go to horror movie . i even have to psych myself up to see it in the daytime . i needn not have bother . while ) ( the cinema be full of kid too and heh . while ) . liam be great a always . i also like catharine zeta jones ( theo ) and lili taylor ( eleanor nell ) the house be very gothic and beautiful in a spooky way . the special and sound effect be awesome . i also love the music score and particularly the gentle tune for eleanor and her journey to save the child and how she grow out of her stagnant routine and life and finally gain her power and peace and freedom .