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DVD The Yellow Wallpaper
 Run time: 115 min Rating: 5.4 Genres: Thriller Director: Logan Thomas Writers: Aric Cushing, Charlotte Perkins Gilman Stars: Aric Cushing, Juliet Landau, Dale Dickey |
| Storyline The Yellow Wallpaper (Motion Picture) is an “Origins Myth”… rather than a direct adaptation of the famous Charlotte Perkins Gilman story. Drawing from the original short story and a number of Gilmans’ other gothic works (The Giant Wisteria, The Unwatched Door, etc.), The Yellow Wallpaper is an original narrative of events that unfold around the actual writing of “The Yellow Wallpaper” short story. After a devastating fire, Charlotte and John rent a countryside house and attempt to start life over, though Charlotte, upon seeing visions of her deceased daughter, retreats to the house’s attic and pulls away from her husband and sister. Written by Max Visconti |
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| Details: Country: USA Release Date: 10 April 2012 (USA) |
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| Box Office Budget: $1,500,000 (estimated) |
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DVD The Yellow Wallpaper
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What was this? It sure wasn't The Yellow Wallpaper. This dull poorly acted and horribly written film fails in nearly every way. The short story The Yellow Wallpaper was one of my favorite short stories. It is a tail of madness and isolation in its purest form. This movie missed the point entirely. I knew from the first 30 seconds that this movie was a fail because its narrated from the husbands perspective which is wrong in so many ways. The first problem with this is that this story is supposed to be an exploration of madness from inside the mind of the person going mad. It is NOT a tragic tail about the husbands problems nor is it about a dead girl. I realize that ghost stories are trendy right now but there is no need to cheapen a great work of literature by even hinting at a supernatural influence. After watching this film i am left with one big question…Did the film makers even read the short story they made this movie from?
The only positives i can give this movie is that its beautiful. The setting is perfect.. The mood and atmosphere is set so perfectly that this COULD have been a great movie.The lighting and staging puts the viewer on edge and really makes the viewer feel the melancholy isolation and tension. It is a shame that the film makers missed the point entirely and failed to explore what this story was really about. They didn't even get the perspectiv eright. missing the opportunity to put madness into a visual medium. Way to ruin a great work of literature.
I just can't understand why everyone loves this movie! The acting was comically wooden, with the exception of the sister and the psychic. My husband gave up on it after 15 very painfully slow minutes, but I persevered with it. The story by the the way has NOTHING to do with the short story "The Yellow Wallpaper" other than a reference to the "rest cure" and place of women in Victorian society. And as mentioned by another reviewer, the main character is named Charlotte, a reference to Charlotte Gilbert, who wrote the short story. Oh, and there's an attic room with yellow wallpaper that the wife sometimes retreats to, but it's existence is Pretty arbitrary. THe plot was very broken up, and half the scenes take place in very dark rooms, making it difficult to see what was going on. The ending was a bit of whatever as well – it didn't seem to match the rest of the movie. it was an interesting premise, too bad it just didn't seem to flow. This could have been a good movie if: 1. They didn't call it The Yellow Wallpaper. False advertising! Why not give it it's own name? 2. The plot had some kind of flow to it, 3. better acting! Especially the male lead, who gave the most wooden performance I have EVER seen. Sadly, these elements were not there, making this clunker a discombobulated boring mess.
I saw this film in a private screening of 30 industry professionals. Producers came out and said, they understood if we didn't like it, no problem. I guess they have been laboring over the film for a couple years. Do not expect your typical horror film from this one. A few people looked a little stunned after the film. Since I had never read the story — I guess it is required reading in high school and college – – how the hell did I miss that? … probably from being a total deadbeat in high school… I went into the film unaware. It is a period film, which is pretty cool, and set before 1900 or something. . . I can say one thing about the film… I never guessed the ending. You actually have no idea was is going to happen in the end. This is a breath of fresh air, when it seems like everything nowadays is just a remake or some stupid idea that has never been fleshed out correctly. Because the story is famous, I am sure more people will hate it because it doesn't adhere to the story exactly. I don't know much about the original story, but what they did with the the film was pretty unique. it has a dream-like. I think this is what movies are supposed to capture. Good job Mr. director.
I highly recommend this movie to everyone. It was one of the most desolate, mysterious and frightening movies I have ever seen. I decided to watch it in the middle of the afternoon with the sun pouring into my living room but it was night everywhere.
There is something of the Brothers Grimm in here. There are terrifying forest scenes. An artistic conflict between light and dark. But most of all there is a horrible loneliness and sense of loss and helplessness and desperation. The Yellow Wallpaper is a picture of total misery and fear and desperation. There is nothing worse in the world than the loss of a child and this film takes us to the limit.
I have always loved the story by Charlotte Perkins Gilman but now I love it even more! What a unique and interesting way bring a classic story to a new generation–with a few surprises, too.