A quick glimpse at the cast for this film would make any horror fan giddy with glee. The actual movie doesn't live up to those high expectations, but it's far from being all bad. Desi Arnaz Jr. (!) plays an author who makes a crazy $20,000 bet with his publisher that he could write a great novel in only 24 hours. To do so, the publisher gives him the keys to an old abandoned house where he won't be disturbed. Not true. Once he gets there he is interrupted by a multitude of guests including a family which consists of John Carradine, Sheila Keith, Peter Cushing and Vincent Price. They are gathered there in a twisted family reunion to release their brother from the room he's been imprisoned in for forty years. Even Christopher Lee drops by as Corrigan, the man who has just purchased the house. Soon, they realize that the caged brother is loose and out for revenge.
What a great plotline and what a dream cast! This movie should have been a hell of a lot better. It's hard to pinpoint the exact problems with the film, but I would venture to say that the lack of lighting was a major fault. Sure the house has no electricity but I think they took the title of the movie a little too literally. Scenes after scenes are barely visible and the actors' faces are undecipherable. Only the moments in the main dinning hall are well lit. Also, the great actors are given very little to do. Cushing gets a few chuckles as the scared brother but Price, Lee and especially Carradine are somewhat wasted here. Well, at least Price gets the best line of the film: `Please don't interrupt me while I am soliloquizing.' And on the plus side, the story has enough twists and turns throughout to keep one`s interest and the ending, while a bit of a cop-out, manages to surprise.
两星半，七零年代金曲串烧。Tye Sheridan与Ben Affleck舅甥组合。缺席的亲情拼图由母系亲属中的叔公辈补全。既不肯承认又不肯改变的姓名仿佛鞋中石子。恐惧血缘的神秘传承会使年轻人也一事无成，于是停在原地，不听劝告地追求一个不可能的完美的她。除却将这样的女人意象化为第一性叙述中闪耀的、too young to have的一切事物外，女友不再有其他任何意义。恰如片中母亲的投奔家庭、寄托希望于儿子、又在儿子的突然觉醒后也突然转向生活的光明面一样，都缺乏足够的原因。父亲所投射的阴影被驱散得是如此快，以至于观众最后十分钟还停留在“that's it？”的反问。
酒吧很特别，书并不比酒少。扫地僧舅舅也很特别，开口闭口人生哲学，认起意第绪语词根也毫不费力。但还是太平了，无论是寻父情节还是情场失意。要素明明不多也不乱，愣是一个也没拍好。可惜大本了。
很喜欢这种小清新的调调，一个男孩的成长是依照着父亲的模样，对于父权的未知让男孩的成长遇到了这群叔叔，他一直在寻找的父亲形象，其实一直在他的身边。
这么暖心帅气的叔叔还有这么普通而甜美的小镇生活，谁又不喜欢呢。羡慕他，我也想拥有这样一个知识渊博思想深邃的好朋友。
治愈小品，大本的胡子才是本体吧，没有胡子的鞋拔子脸简直没眼看。。。
音乐不错，车也不错。结局告诉我们男人得有辆自己的车
淡淡的，蛮有味道的温情电影， 总比人造爆款好太多！ Ben Affleck 可塑性好强！
2022.1.24 Who doesn't want a Uncle Charlie?! Ben Affleck有為角色加分。但整體來說還是不是很能get到自傳的點，就很多內容我都不關心不想知道啊。（不知怎的感覺還是很克魯尼風格的
只能说很无聊 因为年幼男主和舅舅的相处加一星
上层人士各种生活零碎与自我感动 看这种片子简直是浪费时间 @2022-01-27 22:15:50
大本的舅舅好评！
故事开头就猜到了结尾，不过小反转倒是没想到。朴熙顺就是个工具人，有一说一小崔确实嫩了一点，赵正雄真帅……这故事讲得不行，这演员表就值三星，愣是没能加到分
好久看不到好莱坞有什么好作品了，这故事还算温情，就是没重点没意义，一个好舅舅，结束。某人回忆录，某知名作家或许，但是还没我人生精彩。
美式成长片，越无依靠反而人越独立，越能找到内心的彼岸。
过了二十多年，《心灵捕手》里的大本还在小镇里痛苦挣扎，却也自学到了满腹的理论。这次送别的不是坚强的绝对天才，而是更脆弱、更自卑、更像个普通人的人才。电影意外地温柔，可惜这温柔的力度太轻，撑不过电影结束后的十分钟。
只能说很无聊 因为年幼男主和舅舅的相处加一星
说不上来，其实有一个trick，但完全没有起到让人感到反转的作用。。。
太无聊了天呐 虽然看到sl两个熟面孔有点欣慰
大本的舅舅好评！
外国电影喜欢找爸，中国电影喜欢找妈。另外就是外国电影喜欢弑父，似乎找爸弑父是西方无论是神化还是传记（普通人故事）特别喜欢表达。这部虽平庸拖沓主题到也符合西式哲学。
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