let cut through everything in the first paragraph . the messenger and the new film by the pang brother ( danny and oxide ) and a a horror movie and be profoundly bad . and just a a movie in general and be a big disappointment . it nothing but a rewarmed sixth sense and and as long a that picture be still available and there be no reason on earth to pay money to see this turkey . lately and horror or slasher film such a the final destination series and wrong turn and boogie man and the ring 2 and the grudge and be become increasingly more reliant on big shock with no payoff ( for instance and something jump out at the person on screen and elicit a gasp from the audience and but turn out to be a cat or a crow or something . ) little go into make it a genuine frightening experience like the sixth sense and or sign and or some of the classic horror movie of the 1940s and 50 and 60 . the messenger rely upon the same old and tired clichés a these new and far inferior film and and be therefor old and tired and to my surprise end up a one of the most boring movie i have see in awhile . the plot have another stupid family and lead by dad roy ( dylan mcdermott and the practice ) and mom denise ( penelope ann miller and awakening and kindergarten cop and tv series desperate housewife ) and big si jess ( kristen stewart and zathura represent a space adventure ) and toddler ben ( evan turner ) and who move to north dakota from chicago . the reason for the move be never really outline here and but it have something to do with the dad inability to find work and jess drunken drive escapade . we know there will be trouble immediately because they move into a big gothic house in the middle of nowhere while a domicile that look like the munster summer home . oh and and the first five minute of the movie show something really horrible happen there . jess hat the place ( hey and who could blame her ) and but optimistic pop hop to make a go out of raise sunflower ( despite the unusually large amount of crow flutter about ) . but when he meet burwell ( john corbet and raise helen and look like kevin costner in the film version of my name be earl ) and an itinerant drifter and expert on raise sunflower and thing start to pick up . but then weird thing begin to happen while jess be terrorize by a violent unseen force in the house ( of course and no one else but the two year old ben can see it and so she label a flake ) and the crow keep hang around . ben also be able to detect the unearthly creature and but since he two and he can not articulate it . scene after scene of people tell the little boy to tell them what he see finally have me want to yell to the screen and he can not tell you . he two freak year old . yes and have the only protagonist who can solve all of these thing be a mute toddler be real smart . anyway and be leave to ponder the sanity of jess while when and if ben will ever properly describe the paranormal vision he see while if dad will make the sunflower thing work while if the high plain drifter be a good guy or bad while what the point of the george plimpton look realtor be while how a pitchfork plunge in the back can only be a flesh wound while what mom role in the family be while and where be all the crow come from . all of this while wait and wonder for something anything to happen . the conclusion be really lame and as well and and once again beg the question of how a spirit which have no physical body can cause harm to a live person . very dull and pointless and most terrible of all and not frighten in the least . oh and and there be a lot of crow in this movie .