It wasn't that bad, it wasn't that great. The alternate ending makes more sense than the real ending, BUT major ick factor. I think I threw up in my mouth a little, to be honest. I can see why they didn't use it. I think it was the original ending and they only half fixed the rest of the movie to make up the difference in time. I would say they wrote it as 25 years and changed it to 15. Horrible job at age progression, makes the movie confusing as it ages some drastically and others not at all. I don't personally believe in reincarnation or possession, and this film sort of blends/confuses the two. Sarah was actually quite good but it's not a role that demands a ton of talent. Check out the alt ending, it works better(keeping that extra 10 years in mind or its criminal) but it'll still make you go ewww.I was generous with stars because others were stingy. If they actually used the creepy alternate ending, 2 stars, 4 since they didn't and it got 6 from me because of how many harsh 1 stars it got.

Unfairly maligned this Mysterious Supernatural Thriller is probably much too cerebral, subtle and low-key for Horror Movie Fans and not sophisticated enough for the, well, Sophisticates. Slowly becoming typecast Gellar mumbles more than usual but is adequate as a very confused and haunted Girl who has been that way since her car accident when she was a child.It is a confusing trip that She and the Audience are put through and it works somewhat in a disorienting and disconnecting kind of way. The Movie displays an abundance of Atmospheric and Creepy landscapes and sets but there are unnecessary side Characters who are there for, who knows?The ending has been criticized for being ambiguous but it is really a simple Denouement with just a bit of thought and while thinking about it, satisfies enough to say, that was strange and a bit scary and reinforces, in a Spiritual sense, the Butterfly Effect.

I order the movie The Resident (2011) and few day later, I get this movie The Return (2006) which never even heard of it, So what hell give A watch.At the start of the movie a Dad is talking His daughter to A funfair but start here whisper of a man, goes into hiding.Few year later, She start sounds and wearied think to start to happen to her all over again and she start to hear the voice of the man again.I have no idea what was going on at all and they just kept getting more weird and even more confusing.This no horror element in this movie at all, it wasn't scary, or creepy and there was anything really get into the mood of this movie.The acting was descent of everyone but the movie is just time waster. 4 out of 10

I have to admit, that based on IMDb ratings I didn't expect much from this movie. But I was really nicely surprised, because "The Return" was really good and enjoyable movie. And I loved every minute of it.First of all, "The Return" has everything a good movie needs: engaging and coherent story, great atmosphere and interesting characters. But moreover, the atmosphere doesn't rely only on gallons of blood or cheap scares like in many other "horror" movies, and the characters were not "stupid" or "unnatural" like we know from many other scripts. In fact, it was one of the best mystery movies I've seen.I am not sure, why the movie has so low rating here on IMDb, but in my opinion, "The Return" is a great movie. And greatly underrated as well.