Movie Dream House ImageEveryone The neighbor across from him, Ann Patterson (Naomi Watts), knows something of Ward's incarceration, but refuses to divulge information. Fresh footprints in the snow support their sighting, and Will is repeatedly awoken by bumps in the night. Will's children aren't too fond of the considerable dwelling, especially when they see a mysterious man watching them through the window. Will eventually learns that the unhinged man, Peter Ward, spent five years in a psychiatric ward and was then released to a halfway house nearby.
Movie Dream House PictureIn his new home, undisclosed by his realtor, a father brutally murdered his wife and kids. He moves to a large house in rural Fairfield County, which holds a dark history. Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) has finally decided to quit his job as an editor at GPH Publishers to spend more time with his wife Libby (Rachel Weisz) and kids (Taylor and Claire Geare) and to start writing a book. Dream House fuses the plots cleverly, but fizzles when the first big reveal can be guessed 45 minutes in (if not sooner) and is then purposely betrayed at the one hour mark so that audiences can ponder and digest the not so shocking revelation. The shame is not in the copycat techniques but rather in the failure to exploit the stolen ideas to the fullest extent.
Revealing those films would spoil the surprise, as they are both popular and well-received by audiences and critics alike. Dream House had plenty of potential with its story, despite the fact that it's completely derivative of two other movies.
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