{"id":871,"date":"2009-10-31T15:19:50","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T13:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.wordpress.com\/?p=871"},"modified":"2018-10-29T16:36:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T14:36:11","slug":"the-lodger-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/the-lodger-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lodger starring Simon Baker, Shane West, Alfred Molina and Hope Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Lodger, starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Shane West and Simon Baker<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Detective Chandler Manning\u00a0 (Molina<\/a>) and his rookie partner Street Wilkenson (Shane West<\/a>) have stumbled upon a disturbing case: brutal murders of hookers, which resemble the crimes of\u00a0 the infamous Jack the Ripper and also a serial killer who Manning caught behind bars and was executed years ago.<\/p>\n

Married couple Ellen (Hope Davis<\/a>) and Bunting (Donal Logue) are having financial troubles. Their marriage doesn’t also seem that solid either: Their relationship is strained and the husband constantly refers to the medication Ellen should be taking. We are tipped- at the very beginning of the movie- that Ellen may not be mentally very stable and that she doesn’t like her husband spending so much time away from home, especially at night.<\/p>\n

Manning’s private life isn’t that great either. He has a wife staying at a mental hospital, after an attempted suicide and his daughter holds him responsible. She believes that his compulsiveness and possessive actions\u00a0 have caused this.<\/p>\n

Ellen’s life, on the other hand, seems to get interesting. Their guest house finally gets rented, by a mysterious stranger (Simon Baker<\/a>). Now this guy is dark, he keeps to himself and is obsessed with his privacy. He refuses to meet her husband and keeps disappearing at night…<\/p>\n

The movie has a lot of suspicious characters so we are never sure to trust Manning, Ellen, her husband and especially not the lodger. Now the movie is a remake and is not boring. It has its moments and Manning’s obsession with Jack The Ripper gives the movie edge. However the twists and turns and the camera work don’t amount too much when some things are too obvious. It is an OK movie with some wasted potential. After all, the movie has wonderful actors. Hope Davis is wonderful as the edgy Ellen who is very attracted to her new lodger. I have always enjoyed watching Alfred Molina<\/a> since he portrayed the uptight mayor in Lasse Hallstrom’s Chocolat in 2000. Simon Baker<\/a> has always pleasantly surprised me with the wide arrange of roles he\u00a0 has taken and this is by far the darkest. Shane West makes a good rookie. But as I said, it has wasted potential. It doesn’t add anything new to the guess-who-is-the-killer game. It is worth a watch if you like the actors. Frankly, the poster looks good and it is cooler than the movie. I actually half-expected a story with vampires when I first saw it.<\/p>\n

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