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The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2006) 4.8
An urban family leaves city life behind for the confines of rural New England. Little do they know that their new home once belonged to the Keyes family, a clan who experienced the tragic loss of their daughter some 250 years ago. Director:John StimpsonWriter:John Stimpson |
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Jeanne Cooley
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| Justin Theroux | ... |
Guy Cooley
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Samantha Porter
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Jonas Dodd
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| Cassidy Hinkle | ... |
Lucy Cooley
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| Kathleen Regan | ... |
Molly Cooley
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| Ken Cheeseman | ... |
Bud Travers
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Michele Greene | ... |
Sheila Travers
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| Jamie Donnelly | ... |
Gretchen Caswell
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| Tom Kemp | ... |
Chief Kemper
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| Bates Wilder | ... |
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Charley Broderick | ... |
Bob Greenwood
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Frank T. Wells | ... |
Gus Jasper
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| Rachel Harker | ... |
Martha Keyes
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| Anna Friedman | ... |
Lucy Keyes
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Guy Cooley moves to an old farm in Princeton with his wife Jeanne Cooley and their two daughters, Molly and Lucy, to build eight windmills to generate clean power to the city. He was hired by the local Samantha Porter, who owns with her relative Jonas Dodd the lands in the woods where the facility will be built. The Cooley family has a cold reception in town, and while voting for the approval of the project, the old woman Gretchen Caswell votes against the construction with many followers and mentions the historic importance of the spot and the name of Martha. Jeanne researches and discloses that two hundred and fifty years ago, a girl called Lucy Keyes got lost in the woods and in spite of the efforts of her mother Martha Keyes and the locals, she was never found. When the ghost of Martha comes to the fields around their property calling for Lucy, Jeanne realizes that the legend is true and that there are many hidden secrets in that location. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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250 years ago a child disappeared. Tonight, she returns.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for some violent content and disturbing images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 November 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Lenda de Lucy Keyes See more »Filming Locations:
Princeton, Massachusetts, USACompany Credits
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I saw this film at the Santa Barbara Film Festival a few weeks ago, and I'm sorry to report that it's just awful. Prior to the screening, the director explained to the audience that it was "based on a local legend in his own backyard", and because he seemed like a nice guy I really wanted to enjoy it. Sadly, there was basically nothing to enjoy :( The film is just plain dull, that's its main problem. Ages go by with literally nothing important happening, and the film is EXTREMELY repetitive. There are endless scenes of the characters tossing and turning while having bad dreams, and the movie completely fails to create an atmosphere of dread. Combine that with horrendous acting from the two children and a totally absurd, contrived ending, and you have a movie that would be better off going straight to video. This is the kind of film that would garner less than a 15% rating on Rotton Tomatoes, and anyone saying positive things about it prior to release is probably a studio plant.
"The Legend of Lucy Keyes" isn't entertaining, and it's just not scary either. At least not unless your idea of scary is two actors running around aimlessly in the woods for 15 minutes yelling "Lucy?" "Lucy??" "Lucy!?" a hundred million billion times.
P.S. WTF are clam bellies?