Review of Possession (1981) by Leon B — 06 Jan 2014
"Possession" was... boring. I don't know how a story with so much potential can fall so flat, especially with Gwyneth Paltrow and Aaron Eckhart at the helm. Netflix labels it as a thriller (which was the first misleading mistake) and, even though the synopsis didn't seem very thrilling, that was my expectation.
I suppose that there were some thrilling moments like discovering a hidden letter in a doll house and discovering a cave behind a water fall, but let's consider the maximum level of potential excitement in either of those things.
A lot of the momentum is lost by constantly shifting to uneventful flashbacks and even with Jeremy Northam appearing in the flashbacks (misleading mistake number two), it was still uninteresting. I guess that some of the twists are interesting (sort-of), but overall this is a boring story with a boring script that will lose your attention after about 10 boring minutes.
This review of Possession (1981) was written by Leon B on 06 January 2014.
Possession has generally received positive reviews.
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