Alicia I love this movie so much

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Calum Hutton It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

gargouille1963 I was glued to the screen and wanted to watch it till the end. However, the movie is too long, the lead acting was a tad too cartoonish . Tim and Adam were by far the best characters in terms of acting. I don't for the life of me, understand the relevance of the creepy old woman and bleeding soldier characters. Especially the older woman. Also, WHO is haunting the house? The son, the tree or the soldier??Furthermore, the photography was too straightforward. There was a real dearth of photography angles and appropriate lighting. The music was largely irrelevant to understanding the movie. Of course the music is nice because it is Mozart but it does not being any significant clue or mystery to the movie. The movie would have been the same with or without the music. Bottom line, a lot of scènes are absolutely unnecessary and this movie has no right to be 1h50min long.

Claudio Carvalho When Sarah (Diane Dalton) returns home in Oregon from a mental institution, her husband Alan (Randy Schulman), who is a critic of classical music, tells that they will travel to watch operas in Italy since he will write articles about them. Sarah does not want to travel but Alan introduces the hot Kelly (Lindsey Haun) to her telling that she will be the caretaker of the house. When they leave the house, the small-time criminal Jesse (Blake Berris), who is Kelly's boyfriend, unexpectedly arrives at the house. Then Kelly's unintelligent brother Tim (RJ Mitte) arrives to stay with his sister in the house. Kelly had a love affair with Alan and feels comfortable in the house. Meanwhile Jesse steals Alan's convertible to sell to a dealer but he sees the boy Adam (Micah Nelson) alone in the supermarket and decides to bring him home to ransom him despite the protest of Kelly that seeks out his parents. Adam feels good in the house and soon they learn that the house is haunted but they surprisingly stay there. Meanwhile in Italy, secrets are disclosed about the past of Alan, Sarah and Adam and why Sarah had a mental breakdown. "House of Last Things" is a flawed and weird film with a non- chronological screenplay that explains most of the mysteries and is worthwhile watching. The story is intriguing and disclosed like a puzzle but there is lack of explanation for many things, such as who is the bizarre lady that visits Alan and Kelly; or the reference to the Garden of Eden. The cast has great performances and the unknown Lindsey Haun is very sexy. The final transformation of Kelly and Jesse is certainly inspired in David Lynch. In the end, "House of Last Things" is an original film of haunted house. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): Not Available

sscs This was an excellent spooky movie. The plot pulls you along with a sense of growing creepiness as the main characters move along their character arc. The acting and production are top-quality, much better than I expected from a low-budget thriller. And the effective use of classical music pieces adds to the overall atmosphere of "the house," especially toward the end. I hear that the creative people behind this movie are planning to make another. I'm eager to see it.

aris2014 Confucian morality holds that right thinking follows right action — do as you are supposed to, and the face will grow to fit the mask; you will come to enjoy virtuous behavior. Was it Edith Wharton, in THE DECORATION OF HOUSES, who wrote much the same thing — that our lives are shaped by the houses in which we conduct them? HOUSE OF LAST THINGS takes this insight and moves it beyond the everyday, asks — almost as did Shirley Jackson (THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE), Henry James (TURN OF THE SCREW), if what a house has seen, has experienced, can mold thereafter those who entrust themselves to it. Brilliantly scored, handsomely lit, a treat — and reason enough to have traveled to France for the Gerardmer festival. Who needs blood, who needs monsters, zombies, werewolves? Michael Bartlett understands that all of these pluck within the human heart… and that is what he opens, dissects, pins onto the cork-board for us to thrill as it quivers and throbs and, yes, bleeds. A film that shocks in what it elicits from the viewer — and is STRONGLY recommended.