Artistic thriller gave me chills Loved it. Yes it dragged in places. Yes, it's not the kind of character Harrison Ford knows what to do with. Yes, it owed a lot to Hitchcock. But if it can put me on the edge of my seat with chills & shivers, I say "well done".
Michelle Pfeiffer's performance carried the film, direction had its good moments as well. I have to question the inclusion of a lot of extraneous plot fragments that seemed to go nowhere. The mysterious neighbours, all scenes with the dog, wife's music career, everything about their daughter, Jody's whole life -- all simply begged the question "I wonder why they're including this?" Presumably, this movie is derived from a book, where the author has the freedom to explore a lot of side roads. But all these things could have easily been omitted and the 130 minutes cut down to 100, with no loss of thrill & mystery.
The special effects were just right in this film. Well done and not too many or too overwhelming.
7.5 / 10. Since I can only vote once with an integer: 7, and I hope the next viewer gives it an 8.