Despite the presence of Juliette Lewis, Dennis Quaid, and Sharon Stone, Cold Creek Manor just comes off as a made-for-TV movie. A boring made- for-TV movie. It's predictable and unforgivably dull. The plot is as cliché as it is thin. A husband and wife move from the city to a large house in some unspecified rural area, because they think it will be good for their relationship and their two children. The house they move into has an unknown, sinister history that puts the entire family in danger. Blah, blah, blah. It's marketed as sort of a mystery/thriller, but there is precious little mystery or thrills to be had here.I'm not going to waste a lot of time with this review, because I already wasted more than enough watching the movie. There was no reason for it to be made, let alone watched.

The Tilson's son Jesse almost gets killed in a traffic jam, and that forces The Tilson's to relocate from New York. They move into a dilapidated old mansion, which was once a huge estate. The belongings of the previous owners are still in the house. A mysterious man shows up, and makes things difficult for The Tilson familyYawn. That pretty much describes what I thought about this movie, but IMDb insists at least 200 words to write a review, so I'll give it a go. The main problems with this movie are that it's quite dull, and it's very derivative. If you've seen movies like Pacific Heights, and so on, you'll know what to expect coming into this one. The suspense is pallid, and there are no thrills to speak of. The setting is certainly good, but they don't take advantage of it. The Tilson family is filled with selfish and inconsiderate people, and these are supposed to be the good guys. They are completely disoriented. Cooper (Dennis Quaid) is a complete wimp, and whines a lot. His obsession with the mansion also drove me crazy. If someone put a bunch of poisonous snakes into my house, I'd forget about my pride, and ensure the safety of my family, and get the heck out of there! But he wants to stay. It's sheer stupidity like that, which makes Dennis Quaid's performance tough to buy. Quaid himself isn't bad, but his character is idiotic. Sharon Stone does well, but her character is also unlikable. She is selfish in the extreme, and is willing to sleep with her boss to get a VP spot. How am I supposed to rally behind that? Her character becomes a little more understanding in the second half, but it was too little, too late. Stephen Dorff (Dale Massie) got on my nerves as the villain. He smokes cigarettes in almost every single scene! I don't have a problem with smokers, but that's a bit much! I got tired of his overacting quickly, and I wanted to backhand him one. I also got irritated by how everyone is oblivious with him. Juliette Lewis plays his girlfriend, and gets smacked around by him, insults him, and then defends him when the Sheriff comes to defend her (!) Kristen Stewart does fine in one of her early roles, but she's a bit of a complainer. It also has stupid plot holes. Cooper tells The Sheriff that Dale Massie is crazy, and The Sheriff asks for important evidence, before she can investigate further. Yet, she saw just how crazy he was, when he beats up Juliette Lewis. The finale feels like it goes on forever, with a prolonged attack from Stephen Dorff. I actually yelled out loud "Just end the @######! thing!" Final Thoughts: I hated this movie. It wastes a great cast, and gives them foolish characters. It's also boring, and uninteresting throughout. Save yourself the trouble3/10

For reasons which don't really matter (which is just as well, because they certainly don't make sense, the Tilson family (dad: Dennis Quaid, mum: Sharon Stone, daughter: pubescent Kristen Stewart, son: some kid) decide to get out of the city, and move out to the sticks where they buy a huge house for chump change because something bad happened and it got repossessed by the bank. They have obviously never seen a film before, because only bad things can happen in such circumstances, right? And so they do, starting when Stephen Dorff, the son of the family who used to live there and newly released from jail (which should be another warning, right?) arrives, talks them into hiring him, and things go pear shaped. Big time.This film rejigs multiple clichés into a not-very-new order, and flirts with the notion of having a supernatural element before dropping the idea. Even if you have never seen a film before, this one is going to hold few surprises for you. It is arguable that it is worth watching for a relatively high profile cast sacrificing art for a paycheck, and for l'il Kristen Stewart sulking away like mad years before she was called upon to do the same thing in the Twiglet movies.If you find yourself with an afternoon with nothing to do, and this comes up on TV (which it won't because of the bad language), find a book instead.

Wow. Never in my life have I watched a movie so bad in my entire life. It was more than bad, actually. It was excruciatingly bad. Words that will come to mind when I hear of this movie shall be: boring, bad, wtf, bad, horrible, long, chocolate cherries.I've never really taken the time to review a movie on IMDb, so this is my first one. Why haven't I ever reviewed? Well if I like a movie, I'll simply give it a good rating. Usually, the reviews by other people match how I feel. Same goes for it I don't like the movie. But I am writing this to someone else who might make the same mistake as me and see a positive review telling one to ignore the negative reviews and claim that it's "not that bad". Folks, it is! DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME.Horrible acting, horrible script/storyline, BORING atmosphere, no tension. D'you know what it's like? It's like 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' gone wrong (and I wasn't so keen on that movie). Yeah, instead of 4 teenagers, how about 4 members of a family! And instead of knocking a guy over with a car, how about you buy his house? Enter psycho who wants to cause a disturbance and kill and voilà you have 'Cold Creek Manor'.The movie took FOREVER to get into it. And even at that, it didn't 'get into it' per se. A showdown to be exact. Nothing new or exciting there. Now I'm not slating this film for being unoriginal, but seriously. We've seen this type of stuff before in much better films!All in all guys, there is nothing to see here. Honestly, move along and find yourself a better movie. It will save two hours of your life. A very long two hours...2/10