Single-mum small-town psychic overcomes prejudice to sense the location of a murder victim, but who dunnit? Well, it has Cate Blanchett - amazing face. And the cast is excellent. But this is a tired court-room murder thriler with a touch of the spooks. Definitely not a horror.Plenty of elements that could have gone perverse, but really this is a smorgasbord of Agatha Christie suspects that digests down to melodramatic excrement. I know it's Raimi, and all those excellent actors - maybe this is the price of getting paid too much.The final images are nice - three apples around the tree, then the branching of family. But no, disappointed.

Keanu Reeves Cate Blanchett, and Katie Holmes, star studded affair as a pyshic reader is called in when a woman disappears and the police can't find her, she is asked by the girl's rich father to look for her,, as time passes she has vibes that tell her where to look,, soon she finds the girl in a pond dead. this lead's to the suspicion of her violent husband played by Keanu Reeves,, I thought a lot of people were turned off by his character, seeing how abusive he was to his wife. is he the killer,, sure looks like it , but looks can be deceiving,, even after the husband is locked up she still has vibes about the killing.. you will just have to watch and see if Donnie really did kill his wife or is there someone else out there who had it in for her,, yeah the father daughter kiss, kinda threw me off guard, I was like wait a minute weren't they a little too close.

First of all, I would like to express how much I liked the movie soon after I've done watching it. The scene-switching goofs and errors aren't enough to destroy the whole of the film.I like the entire concept of having a crime which was witnessed by a person who wasn't even in the crime scene but witnessed it through her dreams and visions.Despite the fact that movies featuring extrasensory perception of a character is not very unique, what makes this movie really crafted is the great talent of its producers to create an ambiance of mystery without the need of making mainstream plots like having deaths caused by ghosts or monsters haunting for justice.I also liked that they were able to portray spooky scenes without using heavy prosthetic make-up and with just a little of computer generated effects. It made everything appear natural and affright natural.Furthermore, I know that the ending wasn't that perfect. There seem to be many aspects in the story left behind leaving the viewers ask: what happened to this and that. However, I don't know why I enjoy the ending that much (and that is how an ending should be, enjoyed by the viewers).The screen portrayal of nearly all individuals was quite good and that ain't surprising 'cause they all are awarded by different awarding bodies.The over exposure of the trees however, is I believe, something that is not needed because it just kills the runtime. The time occupied by showing the trees should have been used for something else that contributes to the development of frighten from the audience and development of the plot, as well.Overall, I'd give it a score of 8 out of 10. Great job.

For starters Cate Blanchett can do no wrong in my humble opinion, she's a very natural actor with an amazing ability to totally absorb the role she's playing.I found the story weak and some of the scenes incredibly predictable, the jump out and scare you moments, whilst only a handful are over done with sudden explosions of noise from the film's score. Totally un-needed as the tension works a wonderful solo.The cards she uses to get her 'visions' are weird - what are they. This, for me was the biggest weakness. They are an unnecessary prop, the character's psychic ability could very well stand on its own as visions and dreams.There's not badly cast person in this thriller, especially the three boys who their roles brilliantly, one wouldn't know they were acting. If you love Blanchett, you'll not be disappointed. Had it been a little tighter and not so strung out, I'd have given it a 10 - as it is, 8's a pretty good score I reckon.