Directed by:
Stuart HazeldineCinematography:
Declan QuinnComposer:
Aaron ZigmanCast:
Sam Worthington, Radha Mitchell, Octavia Spencer, Graham Greene, Megan Charpentier, Gage Munroe, Ryan Robbins, Carolyn Adair, John Specogna, Lane Edwards (more)Plots(1)
From all appearances, Mackenzie Phillips seems to have a good life; three great kids, a beautiful wife, lovely home - nothing seems amiss. But, when Mack takes the kids for an overnight camping trip, what starts out as a fun getaway soon turns into a parent's most horrifying nightmare - his youngest daughter, Missy, is abducted from their campsite and her body is never recovered. As Mack struggles to make sense of such enormous tragedy, he descends into a "great sadness" where his life starts to unravel and all the ghosts that he thought he had buried long ago, resurface and push him to the edge of a precipice. It is at this time, at his darkest hour, that Mack receives a mysterious note in his mailbox with an invitation from God to meet at the shack - the place where Missy's bloody dress was found. In a desperate attempt to find closure and answers to his daughter's murder, Mack heads back into the Oregon wilderness to confront the killer or God...or both. (Lionsgate US)
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I was enraged when I finished watching but I managed to get over myself and gave the film one star after adding up all the good moments this poetic piece had to offer. I felt angry for wasting two hours and twelve minutes of my life that could have been used in a much more useful way by just blankly staring at a wall the whole time. Well, I have only myself to blame. It was obvious that this was going to be a movie for typical American religious fanatics and hypocrites right from the start. The story about an Indian princess (WTF?) was a massive red flag. The creators acted like they were presenting some kind of a deeper message to the viewer, but it was basically just Christian propaganda. The only thing that made me laugh was when I remembered the joke about little Jesus furiously jumping on the surface of the lake, screaming, "I wanna go in the water! I wanna go in the water!" ()
I'm sorry, but just because there are interesting actors in it doesn't mean that I will enjoy the movie when it has a clearly Christian-propagandistic theme. If you believe in God - but be careful, only the Christian one - everything will be alright. It won't be! It's better to forget about it and avoid the movie. ()