Cold Creek Manor

Starring:Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart, Ryan Wilson (III), Dana Eskelson, Christopher Plummer, Simon Reynolds, Kathleen Duborg, Paula Brancati, Aidan Devine, Wayne Robson, Jordan Pettle, Ray Paisley, Shauna Black, Peter Outerbridge, Karen Glave, Leslie Dilley, George Buza
Director: Mike Figgis
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Turn off your brain and Cold Creek Manor just might turn into an entertaining thriller. Taking an uncharacteristic detour into nonsensical plot mechanics, director Mike Figgis expertly pushes buttons with this nerve-jangling but ultimately hackneyed story (by Richard Jeffries) about a documentary filmmaker (Dennis Quaid) who moves his wife (Sharon Stone) and two kids into a run-down rural mansion once owned by the family of a simmering ex-convict (Stephen Dorff), who's got secret reasons for wanting Quaid's family to leave. This rote potboiler wants to be as thrilling as Fatal Attraction, but it's more like Pacific Heights--fun to watch as the tension escalates with Dorff's violent behavior, but seriously flawed as plot holes proliferate. With a few good shocks and slinky support from Juliette Lewis, it's perfectly enjoyable as a popcorn distraction, but maybe they should've called it Cold Creaky Manor instead. --Jeff Shannon

Description

COLD CREEK MANOR is a heart-pounding thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat in tension-filled suspense. Wanting to escape city life for the saner, safer countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid), his wife Leah (1995 Golden Globe winner Sharon Stone, Best Actress, CASINO), and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their dream house soon becomes a living nightmare when the previous owner (Stephen Dorff) shows up, and a series of terrifying incidents lead them on a spine-tingling search for clues to the estate's dark and lurid past.

Customer Reviews:

Great study of manipulation.......2007-06-27

This is a dark, don't-see-this-one-to-feel-good movie. But it is highly instructive of how manipulators can get across other people's personal boundaries and play the situation (and create it) in order to feed their own agendas.

I actually refer to parts of this movie in seminars and a workbook on avoiding harmful relationships, especially the scene where Dale strolls right into Cooper and Lea's home, an invasion that would normally been seen and reacted to as such, and yet Dale twisted it around so adeptly that he was invited to stay for a meal! This is a classic example of how manipulators cross boundaries (and how often we don't set solid limits of what we will and will not tolerate).

Mundane non thriller.......2007-01-17

Kept waiting for something to happen, Dennis Quaid is so overrated, his idea of dramatic acting is a furrowed brow, actually his brother Randy is a better actor. Sharon is always good, and in this case the child actors weren't as obnoxious as most child actors are. But, the story had no tension or drama. Don't bother with this one.

Flawless thriller!.......2006-12-17

When a family decides to leave NYC in search of a major privacy and distress, will acquire a very beautiful but mysterious manor, hovered by dark memories, awful atrocities and unsaid secrets. So everything seems to aware us they didn't make the better choice.

This solid thriller counted with the skillful direction of Mike Figgis and an impressive cast where Stephen Dorff
as the distorted bad guy, Denis Quaid ( how he has enhanced as actor since the film "Far from heaven!) and Christopher as his ruthless father will surprise to many people due the memorable suspenseful sequences and the extraordinary camerawork fluidness.

Recommended without hesitation.

Worth watching.......2006-10-20

If you prefer more suspense than 'scare' factor, you'll probably feel this movie is worth watching. It's a 'what happened to the previous family?' type of story-line when Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone's characters pose as the unsuspecting home buyers who think they're getting a great deal on a fabulous manor with gorgeous land, until they meet the previous owner who is a bit 'messed up'. Not bad for a suspense flick.

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

At Times, Very Silly. 33 out of 100........2006-08-20

At times, Cold Creek manor had shades of being a very good movie. But then a new scene would come and it would quickly turn into utter silliness.

There are scenes in the movies that left me shaking my head, saying, "I can't believe how stupid that was," or, "I can't believe they put that in the movie."

For those that haven't watched the movie, all I can say is that it is poorly made. The acting was ok. Stephen Dorff shined as Dale Massey, and Juliette Lewis was decent as Ruby. Sharon Stone was even passable as Leah Tilson, with what few lines she had. Dennis Quaid was the real stinker in the movie, and I don't believe much of his acting troubles were his own burden. The script was simply foolish at times.

There is a scene in the movie where the actors are running around, and snakes are everywhere. The desired effect was supposed to be terror, but when you watch it you want to laugh because it is so ridiculously pieced together on film.

A second bad scene is when Quaid is coming home from a bar. He is being chased, and hits a deer. The next morning his family, for no reason, turns on him and believes he has hit the family horse. (The horse, by the way, is called a pony in the movie...how laughable! It isn't a pony at all, but rather a full grown horse.)

Scenes like this abound in Cold Creek Manor. People react with no motivation, and the story sags. Even the music is horrible. The music in the snake scene makes it seems more like a circus act than a suspenseful moment.

Enough said on this stinker. See it if you must, buy it if you will, but I think it is to be avoided at all costs. It started OK, but quickly fell apart.

Total Score (out of 100) = 33

18 (out of 50). Enjoyment. A rating based on my overall enjoyment of the film.
5 (out of 10). Acting. How good was the acting?
5 (out of 10). Immersion. Did the movie suck me into the story?
5 (out of 10). Intangibles. Special effects. Movie pace. Is the movie forgettable, or something you will talk about and remember for weeks? Years?
0 (out of 10). Must see. Is this movie worth seeing/renting?
0 (out of 10). Must buy. Is this movie a must buy/purchase?

Average customer rating:

Great study of manipulation
Mundane non thriller
Flawless thriller!
Worth watching
At Times, Very Silly. 33 out of 100.

Cold Creek Manor [Region 2]
Starring: Dennis Quaid , Sharon Stone , Stephen Dorff , Juliette Lewis , and Kristen Stewart
Director: Mike Figgis
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

Great study of manipulation.......2007-06-27

Mundane non thriller.......2007-01-17

Flawless thriller!.......2006-12-17

Worth watching.......2006-10-20

At Times, Very Silly. 33 out of 100........2006-08-20

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