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Better Late Then Never

One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

This wasn't too bad a suspense movie about an agoraphobic lady who gets questioned in her neighbor's death, a new couple moves into the newly vacated apartment, and nobody is who they seem to be. Selma Blair does a good job in the above mentioned role as her doctor and conceierge have been looking after her and providing her with contact to the outside world as this new situation arises. When the police start investigating, it leads to unsuspecting results, suspicious people, and situations that might remind you of other movies, as well as a surprising and well-done ending. I'm glad I watched this movie as the best part was the performances.** 1/2 out of ****

I should have known. I don't know how many times I've been conned into watching a movie because I thought it had the more talented of the Bridges brothers in it and realized yet again it was a less than B movie with the big B, Beau, in it! Never watch anything with Beau Bridges. He picks films like someone in a bad lottery. I think he just doesn't like to work that hard. I'm trying very hard to remember it's Beau I must fear, not the other Bridges boy. If they are both in the same film, better to discard that one also. It's most likely a clunker his brother foisted on him. It's probably a hangover of fondness for his father and his hairy chest I never got over as a gay child addicted to 'Sea Hunt' which I watched for years just to see a near nude man which wasn't allowed in the 50s. Come to think of it, he wasn't very talented either except for the swimming.

Before watching this movie I wanted to like it. Being a fan of many of the actors in this movie I thought it had the potential to be unknown yet good movie, unfortunately that is not the case. The premise was interesting a murder takes place in the room opposite from a woman with Agoraphobia and hasn't left her apartment in 11 years and from then on the direction of the film follows around this character. From then on the movie starts to fall apart, some of the acting verges on being poor,many of the films concepts become implausible and the films conclusion is just embarrassing. However, the film isn't a complete loss, the story is enough to keep the movie at least quite interesting and is filled with many twists some of which lead to the films finest moments. Also, Kevin Pollak and Giovanni Ribisi put in performances that are at least rather good which is a shame due to their limited screen time.In the end the film is so concerned in throwing as many twists as possible into it that it forgets in how to carry a story and in the end is left in a mess. In my opinion the movie is watchable yet but not good and I would be shocked if anybody were to find this movie anything higher than good. If presented with the opportunity of watching other movies viewers should look into taking a chance elsewhere.

A murder of an elderly lady resident in the high rise apartments of Columbus Circle initiates the story. However the death is made to seem to be an unfortunate accident with her falling down a flight of stairs. Despite reservations by detective Frank Giardello (Giovanni Ribisi) the crime is noted as accidental. Opposite the apartment lives reclusive and agoraphobic Abigail (Selma Blair), a sole heir to an immense fortune, but haunted by memories of fatherly abuse. Soon after the death a new couple move opposite Abigail: the beautiful Lilian Hart (Amy Smart) and her abusive partner Charles Stratford (Jason Lee).Intent on igniting claustrophobic tension camera angles sweep and swerve, music circles and entraps, but overall atmosphere appears in short fits to dissipate thanks to an overall terrible performing cast, visibly unconvinced by the story being portrayed. Especially Blari and Smart fail to induce a sense of feasibility, not helped by the wandering script lightening up plot-hole receptors and creating a sense of ever-growing implausibility. The whole story is also overly predictable with clichéd scenes fronted by film school trademark shots completing this unimaginative and borderline repetitive movie. Despite the best Hitchcock inspired intentions "Columbus Circle" requires a high level of gullibility with its occasionally farcical acting.