mpurvismattp Review of The Girl by the Lake

The Girl by the Lake (2007)

A suspenseful thriller (without the suspense and the thrills) SPOILER ALERT

[4/10 · 16 February 2013]

I saw this movie today, it started off well enough so I proceeded on...and boy did I regret that decision. In all honesty this movie did have some charm and heart at times and although I don't speak Italian (shocker I know) the acting seemed good, but the story just flopped in the end. I don't know if the book it was based on ends so abruptly and unceremoniously but it all seemed like such a waste of time. The killer just comes clean to the detective like a bad Perry Mason episode, the movie gives the viewer very little to go on as far as trying to solve the mystery (which to me can be important or at least entertaining in a crime drama) and there just seemed to be a lot of loose ends and not enough suspense. The ending is the last thing we see in a movie (other then the credits naturally) and this end was pretty dull and lifeless, just like the girl by the lake.