Rating: 1.5 out of 5 stars
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
Amanda Seyfried is one of those frustrating actresses whose talent is undeniable, albeit stymied by her insistent casting in rote fare unbecoming of her abilities, which for the last 2 years alone has included ‘Dear John’, ‘Letters to Juliet’ (nice try though), ‘Red Riding Hood’, ‘In Time’, and now, in what is arguably her worst, ‘Gone’.
There’s some definite potential here, as the film deals with the fallout of a young woman, Jill Conway (Seyfried), returning to society following her apparent rescue from the clutches of a serial killer, whose grim lair in the woods is home to countless human remains. Of course, when Jill’s recovering alcoholic sister, Molly (Emily Wickersham), goes missing, she thinks the killer has returned to finish what he started, while the incredulous authorities are skeptical, given Jill’s previous incarceration in a psychiatric facility after her parents’ untimely death.
Unfortunately,...
- 4/19/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
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