The Mothman Prophecies is pretty spooky and not an entirely unlikely film for the likes of Richard Gere (The Hair). The Hair's best film I'd say, with the probable exceptions of Pretty Woman and An Officer And A Gentleman, was Internal Affairs (1990) in which he played a very nasty cop. Gere was good as a baddie.
In The Mothman Prophecies he's again thankfully got a part with a bit of meat on it.
Gere plays John Klein who's wife dies horribly claiming she saw something very strange. Two years later Klein finds himself mysteriously in Point Pleasant, West Virginia receiving strange phone calls and fielding probing questions from pretty local cop Connie Parker (Laura Linney).
Connie has been hearing strange stories from the locals about strange creatures and events which recall dead Klein's wife's tales. Events escalate to what was for me a surprising climax. But then I hadn't looked up particular event that occurred in Point Pleasant, W.Va. in 1966/67.
The Mothman Prophecies is very nicely filmed and directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road). The music/sound is particularly effective. It isn't a horror film, more a supernatural, thoughtful thriller, a grown up X files, and does provide a reasonably diverting entertainment.
3 Very Big Moths Out Of Five
In The Mothman Prophecies he's again thankfully got a part with a bit of meat on it.
Gere plays John Klein who's wife dies horribly claiming she saw something very strange. Two years later Klein finds himself mysteriously in Point Pleasant, West Virginia receiving strange phone calls and fielding probing questions from pretty local cop Connie Parker (Laura Linney).
Connie has been hearing strange stories from the locals about strange creatures and events which recall dead Klein's wife's tales. Events escalate to what was for me a surprising climax. But then I hadn't looked up particular event that occurred in Point Pleasant, W.Va. in 1966/67.
The Mothman Prophecies is very nicely filmed and directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road). The music/sound is particularly effective. It isn't a horror film, more a supernatural, thoughtful thriller, a grown up X files, and does provide a reasonably diverting entertainment.
3 Very Big Moths Out Of Five