Review of Red Velvet

Red Velvet (2008)
7/10
Very well acted, well shot, all wasted by a dumb ending
26 April 2010
I had high hopes. The story was compelling and Henry Thomas and Kelli Garner were great together. The film was beautifully shot with lots of fun saturated colors, the technique of jumping between the horror story and the conversation between the 2 actors was fantastic and the dialogue snapped....

It just fell flat at the end. It was a fairly predictable ending and way too weak for such a great build up.

It's a good example of how great acting and film technique can be undermined by a weak story. It's sad really. It was like having a delicious appetizer, a great main course and then eating crap for dessert.

The film makers show promise, but overall a 7 was the highest I could give this. It had an 8.5 going into the last 10 minutes.

One of the dumbest endings ever.
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