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It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

This review will contain spoilers! I am going to do this a bit differently, I will simply post some notes i jotted down while watching.00:16 Why does the film start with a screaming girl with a knife in her hands?1:11 So, they are all driving black Scodas to the house with plenty of "scary" background music for no reason.05:40 These people are all utterly unsympathetic.09:04 This is completely engaging.13:11 they are trying to establish some characters - and failing, the dialog doesn't get through to me at all.16:17 He is leaving the group in a horror film, he' so dead16:39 Will there be blood coming out of the faucet?16:52 Nope, but there was a jump scare in the mirror.23:17 Unnecessary nudity, my favorite kind.32:55 Whatsherface has been killed but I just don't care. Im just bothered by the murky lighting, why don't they turn on the lights?34:53 It took them this long to think about looking for the staff?42:05 The scary killer ghost is doing almost nothing so the filmmakers are trying to establish some secondary conflict - which comes off as too forced.42:35 Doorknobs are not interesting enough to warrant being zoomed in on.43:36 Dark hair girl (I guess her character has a name but I don't care) is a real jerk.43:57 The doctor guy is such a wuss.48:50 Wait what, if all the lights are out, how come that one is still on?49:17 Unnecessary dramatic sound effect52:31 Hw does she suddenly know so much?1:02:12 They are actually managing to build up some tension, also they've got a god Schrödingsers cat thing going on.1:06:54 This pep talk is lame.1:10:50 There is surprisingly little snow for a snow storm.1:14:38 Dramatic moment fails due to lack of investment in the characters.1:16:24 I never knew getting stabbed in the shoulder could be deadly.1:19:24 Movie is not worthy of summing up monologueSo there you have it. Generally speaking, Nine Lives is an engaging film about unsympathetic characters.

Ouch! This film co-stars Paris Hilton who has an interesting distinction. She might be the most disliked actress...ever! I noticed that aside from a couple exceptions (such as REPOMAN: THE GENETIC OPERA), the scores on any film she is in are astoundingly low! Here is a brief rundown: in the IMDb Bottom 100 (the lowest rated films), she stars in #16, 26, 40 and 76! In addition, several films didn't make the list because they haven't received the required minimum number of votes or they scored a bit too high for this "hallowed list". With film scores of 1.1, 1.3, 1.6 and 2.0 on films NOT making the Bottom 100, you could safely say that people just don't appreciate Ms. Hilton. You could also safely say that for the the most part, her being in a film is almost a guarantee that it will stink--or at least be rated very, very poorly. I am really surprised with all the money she has that she wouldn't hold off and only appear in more worthy projects...though, it is possible that these projects really ARE worthy of her talents. Plus, while the films are bad, they do give Ms. Hilton lots of attention. While I have no interest in this pampered princess and would never pay to see one of her films, I did take the opportunity to see NINE LIVES on Hulu, as I actually like watching bad films, as they often give me a good laugh. Sadly, this interest of mine doesn't always work out--some of these bad films are simply dull and tedious. So, is NINE LIVES bad but fun to watch or is it a film best avoided at all costs? Read on if you really care.Hilton plays a rich, spoiled and rather petulant young lady, so you can say she's playing against type (snicker, snicker)! I just kept asking myself why almost all of the nine had British accents but Paris and another did not, but this is a minor complaint. She is the first one killed and you'd think with the public's acceptance of her this might have improved ratings for this film, but it did not. Frankly, she's not terrible in the film--and she' only in it for the first 27 minutes--hardly a starring role despite her getting third billing. And in many ways, the ultra-ultra-low score may just be a case of 'piling on'--in other ways, it's fashionable now to heap scorn on Ms. Hilton.As for the film, it's a scary house film where the visitors are all killed off one by one through the course of the movie--sort of like HALLOWEEN or Friday THE 13TH stuck indoors. This isn't exactly a novel concept and it's not the sort of film I like (for the most part, you've seen one you've seen them all), but I know some teens love this sort of thing. It's not good and quite derivative, but I've seen many worse films. Frankly I don't think it deserved the Bottom 100 and probably only did get it because Ms. Hilton was in the film--which is not entirely fair.

Watching Nine Lives truly has a formula and storyline that is unique. I found myself wondering how the characters were going to get out of this crazy curse. The dialog was in typical horror movie fashion, and gave a bit of a cheesy unrealistic vibe. Some of the acting is quite frankly laughable. The standouts are Ameila Warner and David Nicolle who give the most emotion filled and honest performances. The biggest flaw is heiress Paris Hilton, it's not that she's a bad actress per-say, but I feel like the only reason she was cast is because she is so widely recognized. Her picture is front and center in the poster and yet, she is the first victim, dying in the first 30 or so minutes. I find that very unfair to the above mentioned standouts who are clearly the main focus in this movie.Camera work, lighting, special effects are all casualties to the low-budget that this movie had to work with, which the storyline strongly needed.Overall, I recommend that if you are a Paris Hilton fan and want to see this, it is better to rent it or else you are wasting you money. It is decent, not as bad as I expected honestly, I think it would have been much better sans-Paris (or at least not make her the center of the poster, which is almost like false advertising) and with a bigger budget.

Nine friends celebrate at a mansion in Scotland. After a little dinner and drinking and too much conversation, one friend stumbles upon a curse and one by one the guests are faced with the threat of death.This film has so many problems with it, I don't know where to begin. First, the film "stars" Paris Hilton, even though she has the smallest role in the movie. I suspect her presence is the only reason the film was picked up at all, even though she serves no purpose and cannot act in this movie to save her life (she's worse in this than in "House of Wax").When the Lions Gate logo came on, my friend and I thought we might be safe. Lions Gate makes some great films. Well, they make bad films, too, it seems. What possessed them to put their name on here, I don't know. With all due respect, I hope they lost money.The first half of the film is a dinner scene with people sitting and talking about literally nothing. Nothing of interest, nothing related to the plot, nothing. A brief philosophical debate arises, but goes nowhere. As my friend says, this film was very innovative for a horror film: it might have been the first one that tried to kill the audience.The death scenes are horrible. Basically, all deaths consist of a stabbing in the stomach: a magic stabbing! Shirts are never torn, but somehow a small blood stain appears and the victim becomes quite dead at a rapid pace.None of the actors are worth caring about and the whole film is in shambles. Most annoying for me (besides the utter boredom) was the tendency to remind us we were in Scotland (the words "Scotland" or "Scotish" were repeated many times... for no reason. And there was a golf club).This film is even too slow and pointless for "Mystery Science Theater 3000", so if there is a way to make something blink out of existence (like a memory hole), someone please make this your first target.