6/10
Not a Bad Movie...
12 May 2006
Well, I just finished watching this film and my feelings toward it are a little mixed. I had been told to expect dark humor and I wasn't let down. There is a lot of dark humor in this movie about a dysfunctional family trying to make a living in an old inn out on a not-so-well-traversed mountain where a major road is expected to be built. Of course, this family ends up going from mishap to mishap, and throughout most of it, the two daughters are quite oblivious of what the rest of their family is doing.

The first sense of foreboding comes from a blabbering old woman the youngest daughter and uncle assume to be crazy. Then after that, things start to happen, starting with a possible suicide in one of the rooms that leads into more mishaps, misunderstandings, and murder. But throughout all this, the comedy is definitely there.

However, my main problem with it was the youngest daughter and her strange attitude throughout the movie. She seemed completely disconnected throughout most of the film, and while for some parts this may have been funny, for others it was just downright awful. I suppose that's why she was considered to be weird (well, the whole family is very weird!).

Not the best comedy ever, but certainly good to watch.
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