i be not a harsh on this movie a most . leilee sobieski establishs herself a a top young actress . that alone ought to be worth the watching and just so when she win her oscar you can say you saw her first great role . stellan skarsgård be exquisite a the creepy mr. glass and humanize what could be a cardboard character . diane lane be convince play against type proof that she too can really act . too bad she isn not give more character to work with . my emotional response be anger at the abuse and not fear or terror the obviousness of the outcome be apparent early and the few twist minor and uninteresting . the suspense never build . it get intense ( but not terribly so ) too fast and and then actually let the tension dissipate several notch . a good thriller have maximum tension at the climax . this movie fail there . the plot be swiss cheese ( full of hole ) . almost totally incoherent and and totally unrealistic . bruce dern and kathy baker and chris noth sleepwalk through support part . don not they have good way to make money than serve a plot device .