The Lodger (2009)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

David Ondaatje

Writers (WGA):

David Ondaatje (screenplay)
Marie Belloc Lowndes (book)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Everyone Is Suspect

Plot:

A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders.

Plot Keywords:

Lodger | Landlady | West Hollywood | Murder | Hollywood

Cast

Alfred Molina	...	Chandler Manning
Hope Davis	...	Ellen Bunting
Shane West	...	Street Wilkenson
Donal Logue	...	Bunting
Philip Baker Hall	...	Captain Smith
Rachael Leigh Cook	...	Amanda
Rebecca Pidgeon	...	Dr. Jessica Westmin
Simon Baker	...	Malcolm
François Chau	...	Sam
Mel Harris	...	Margaret
Michael O'Hagan	...	Bruce Lester
Roy Werner	...	Dr. Stevens
Ernie Grunwald	...	Gregor
Virginia Williams	...	Rachel Madison
David Storrs	...	Warehouse Attendant

MPAA:

Rated R for violent content, language and brief nudity.

Runtime:

Argentina:96 min (DVD version) | USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Australia:MA (2009) | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:16 | UK:15 | Ireland:15 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

1420 N. Alta Vista Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Merchant Pacific Corporation

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The badges shown are for San Fransisco PD, not LAPD.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Street Wilkenson: Detective.
Chandler Manning: Wilkenson, right?

Movie Connections:

References Blackmail (1929)

Soundtrack:

Di Notte

Not really a remake, but a pretty good thriller...

This is not really a remake of the previous movies concerning a mysterious lodger at an Inn that might be Jack the Ripper. This takes place in modern Los Angeles, and concerns a couple that need to rent their guest house, and the Wife (Hope Davis) rents to a mysterious stranger that might be responsible for a series of Jack the Ripper type murders occurring. Alfred Molina is the detective in charge of the murders who brought a suspect to court 7 years earlier, who was then executed for similar murders, but now the murders appear to be exactly the same as the executed guy. In fact, as the investigation goes on, the killer is following exactly the Jack the Ripper killings. This is a good one, the whole premise is very interesting, especially to fans of Jack the Ripper movies. Simon Baker plays the mysterious lodger, but then again, nobody has seen him except the Wife, and when an investigation takes place, developments dictate, everything is not as it suggests. Good mystery, check this one out.