The Mothman Prophecies starring
Richard Gere, Debra Messing, Shane
Callahan, David Eigenberg, Ron
Emanuel
You Might Want To Carry Lots Of Mothballs In Your Pocket!...
Described by director Mark Pellington as a psychological mystery with
naturally surreal overtones, The Mothman Prophecies begins like an
ambitious episode of The X-Files. Richard Gere brings adequate torment,
portent, and ambiguity to his role as a Washington Post reporter and
grieving widower plagued by a mysterious, unseen urban legend known as
the Mothman. Pellington develops subtle doom and gloom thats as
effective as the paranoid streak he brought to Arlington Road. As the
Mothman terrifies a West Virginia town, he remains an enigma, glimpsed
almost subliminally. This--along with a magnificently creepy soundtrack--
amplifies the movies surreal overtones while keeping everything else
(unsettling phone calls, prophesied disasters, suggestions of the afterlife)
completely unexplained. With Laura Linney and Debra Messing in
underdeveloped roles, The Mothman Prophecies feels a bit
underdeveloped itself (and ends in desperate need of Muld er and Scully).
But if you like your weirdness open-ended, this moody thrillers worth a
look. --Jeff Shannon
I avoided THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES for years due to my aversion to
anything involving Richard Gere. I finally watched it after a trustworthy
friend told me how good it was. Well, Gere or no Gere, TMP is excellent.
The Mothman is a mysterious entity (Alien? ghost? Angel? Demon??) that
haunts the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. We are only shown
glimpses or blurred images of the creature. This actually helps to keep the
mood at a constant level of creepiness and building dread. Were never
100% certain about what were witnessing, just like the main characters
themselves. Gere is believably shaken in his role. He is a man suffering
from great loss, driven by the need to know W HY. His journey into
paranormal terror, mystery, and madness is cold and unsettling. The
answers he seeks lead him into a dark world of shadows and portents. A
displaced, alternate reality, superimposed over the mundane. He ultimately
realizes that his quest has drawn him into something far beyond his
understanding. Something bleak and disturbing. Something like impending
doom, caught for a second in his peripheral vision. Watch this one, and
youll swear that you see it too...
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