I saw a review, a 1/10 review with the tagline "I had to stop watching". Now I hate that crap, I'm a firm believer of if you don't watch a movie all the way through then you have no right to judge it.I stand by that, but often I feel the desire to walk away. This is such a film, but I did finish it.It tells the story of a young couple and their newborn baby moving into a new home that's heavily isolated. The pair have to contend with a possible supernatural force and her suffering from postnatal depression.Starring Lukas Haas this is a mercilessly boring movie which shouldn't be considered a horror but more of a thriller, that isn't exactly thrilling.Excessively dark, mundane beyond belief and a terrible plot all come together to make The Cradle.The Good:NopeThe Bad:SO boringWeirdly dark all the timeTerrible plotThings I Learnt From This Movie:The creators may well have seen Evil Dead

Writer and wife buy a house in a remote place. Writer has writer's block. Weird things occur around the baby. Could all these strange happenings be the visions of a troubled mind ? This movie is a succession of "false alerts" where you think something bad is happening but, hey, not really. It was either a dream, hallucination or just a misleading semi-scare.The tone shifts from mystery to occult, just to confuse you about what's really happening. Maybe there's a ghost involved, or maybe the old woman telling that horrific story about a born-dead baby is just nuts.When you get to the end, you'll be offered a very unsatisfying quasi-explanation and you'll realize that this 90 minutes movie that feels like it's 180 minutes could have been done in a 60 minutes "Masters of Horror" format.Unfortunately, the director's no "Master" and the horror's mostly absent.Waste of time.

If you have problems with depression or are a naturally depressed person - don't watch this movie.If you are starting a family, don't watch this movie.If you are hoping for a good or happy ending don't watch this movie.The description for the movie is wrong, or you could say that there are actually three right descriptions - then it would be counted as one. Yes the movie is that 'messed up'.There are three endings, you can try to separate them and choose one, or you can twist two or more together. It is best to mix them together, but for a single I do favor Frank as being completely insane from the start.While it is intentionally bleak, I feel that more background music and a more intricate build-up would have made the movie better overall.

I'm not sure why this has been slaughtered by the viewers as I thought that it was a fantastic film about loss and failure to accept that loss.However "horror" cliché titles and posters of grubby white hands grasping from the ether possibly gave some viewers the wrong idea of what to expect.It should be noted that the director does use these clichés in shots during the film, most notably the swinging light outside the barn.Some of the main failings of this movie are in its beginnings. Both actors and director seem to struggle with a direction-less script and it is only when Frank actually meets Helen for the first time that some semblance of action takes over and following this the film moves on at a reasonable pace given the subject matter.Acting is also good with Haas's Frank becoming more erratic by the moment until the full realisation of what he is going through comes to the fore, in a poignant and sad ending, which is beautifully scored and well directed.Other cast members are equally good and the question is left that there may have been a ghostly element to the whole affair as well, which other films have laid on rather thick. Here it is just an afterthought.Minor discrepancies I felt were impacting on the film are explained in the finale (like why Julie never takes off that goddamn gown and even Frank using the baby monitor like a military style walkie talkie (the range can't be that great) is explained away by his condition.And all the dream sequences are done to good effect - especially if baby in peril things are your cup of tea.