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 The
Mothman Prophecies
 
Starring:
Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton and Debra Messing
Directed
by: Mark Pellington
Rated: PG-13
The
Mothman Prophecies
is one helluva thriller with complimentary chills courtesy of
director Mark Pellington! You get this delightful all over eerie
feeling right from the first few frames as you meet the happy
-go- lucky couple, the Kleins (Richard Gere and Debra Messing),
who are house hunting. They are way too lovey dovey for
a movie with this creepy of a title!
Sure
enough all hell breaks loose and together we start our journey
to discovering exactly what a Mothman is...
Washington
couple, John and Mary Klein (Gere and Messing), are gloriously
happy together; all schnookie cuddles and whispering giggles.
They've even decided to buy a big home and start a nest.
Those
dreams go up in a wild flurry of closet moths as "the universe
spots them" and decides to turn their world upside down.
After
a relatively mild car accident Mary passes on and John is left
a broken man who never really finds happiness again...
It's
two years later and John's enroute to interview a governor on
the edge of the state.
However,
he ends up hundreds of miles off path, with no explanation in
a little piddly town called Pleasant Point. His car dies in the
middle of the night and he seeks the help of a local fellow who
immediately wigs out and recognizes him as the stalker that's
been at his house several times before.
This
local is a "church going man" named Gordon (Will Paton)
who claims John Klein has been ringing his door bell for days
each night at 2:30am! John insists he's only just arrived
in Point Pleasant. Oh, it starts to get weird!
The
local law, Sgt Connie Parker (Laura Linney), gets called in by
Gordon and discovers John is just another piece of an odd puzzle
of events the small town folks have been experiencing. These events
include a huge human-like mothman, blinding lights ala a UFO,
and screeching unearthly phone messages.
John's
on the brink of madness - along with a whole town! And there are
no small Asian girl twins guarding this eight-foot moth
(Mothra). Mothman's as real as can be to those who see
him, and know of him. But, what, who is "he." What's
it all mean?
It
means a couple ofdamned creepy hours for us, I'll tell you!
 Richard
Gere is aging like a fine Stilton cheese! He just leaves you breathless!
The fact that he can act is just butter based icing on the delectable
manly Gere flavored cake!
Laura Linney is, as always, smooth in her delivery. I trust her
when I see her name in a film. So far I have not been disappointed.
Will
Patton (you'll know him when you see him) is excellent as a man
confused and bewildered with the unnatural events he's encountering.
Will and Grace star Debra Messing does a brief appearance
as Mary Klein, but her scenes were great.
The Mothman Prophecies is a wild ride. The dramatic direction
and tingly accompanying music will keep you on the edge of your
seat till the very last hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck raising frame!
The whole bone chilling story is loosely based on a nonfiction
book of the same name by John A. Keel (adapted for the screen
by Richard Hatem ) but the film's so much scarier!
Snack Recommendation: Christmas cookies and milk...comfort
foods!
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