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"DREAM HOUSE"
(2011) (Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz) (PG-13)


Alcohol/Drugs Moderate
Blood/Gross Stuff Heavy
Disrespectful/Bad Attitude Extreme
Frightening/Tense Scenes Heavy
Gun/Weapons Heavy
Imitative Behavior Heavy
Jump Scenes Heavy
Music (Scary/Tense) Extreme
Music (Inappropriate) None
Profanity Heavy
Sex/Nudity Moderate
Smoking Minor
Tense Family Scenes Extreme
Topics to Talk About Heavy
Violence Extreme


QUICK TAKE:
Supernatural Thriller: A family man discovers that the house he lives in now was the scene of a triple murder five years earlier…and he might have been the murderer.
PLOT:
Soon after Will and Libby Atenton (DANIEL CRAIG and RACHEL WEISZ) move from New York City to suburban Connecticut with their two daughters, Trish and Dee Dee (TAYLOR and CLAIRE GEARE), they discover that their seemingly idyllic home was the site of a triple murder five years earlier. It seems a father snapped in that house and shot his wife and two young daughters.

Their neighbor, Ann (NAOMI WATTS), appears to know more about the killings than she leads on. But she is dealing with Jack (MARTON CSOKAS), an angry ex-husband who thinks she cheated on him when they were married. They share custody of a teenage daughter, Chloe (RACHEL G. FOX), who also seems to know more about the murders that happened on their street years earlier.

Will starts to doubt his sanity when certain clues point to him as the deranged father. He goes to track down the killer, who was placed under psychiatric care, and is shocked to discover that it really was him. He also learns that he was recently discharged from the mental facility because there was never any hard evidence that he committed the murders. Did he commit the murders and his mind can't accept it? Did Libby kill the girls and then turn the gun on herself? Or, was it Boyce (ELIAS KOTEAS), the shadowy man who Will catches lurking near his old house from time to time?

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Older teens may have some interest.
WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For violence, terror, some sexuality, and brief strong language.


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