Stonehearst Asylum

tags: book adaptation, dark, insane asylum

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This 2014 movie, currently streaming on Amazon, is an adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe very short story, a dark comedy, The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether. This movie adaptation could have been good but the writer and director turned it into a predictable and unsatisfactory tale - a lost opportunity. Read the full EAP story here.

Ben Kingsley as always is good as Silas Lamb and he alone deserves the 2 stars. What I don't like is not the predictable twist in the ending. It's the 2 leads I couldn't stand, Kate Beckinsale and Jim Sturgess,  whose mouths are always open. Always. It seems the director was not able to tell these 2 actors to close their mouths whenever there are no dialog. Open mouth acting is a pet peeve of mine. But it's just me probably. This movie placed Kate at the top 5 of my list of untalented actors, Keira Knightley is currently at number 1.