The Uninvited
Running Time: 87 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Emily Browning, Arielle Kebbel, Kevin McNulty
Directed by: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard
Opens: January 30, 2009
SYNOPSIS
A young girl who spent time in a mental institution after her ailing mother died in a fire returns home to discover that her father is now in a relationship with the nurse that was taking care of her mother and believes that the new woman in their lives is trying to get eliminate her and her older sister.

REVIEW
While I think it could have been done better, this movie does have a few good things to it. The performance of the girl, played by Emily Browning was passable (although barely). The outstanding performance here was by the father's lover/former nurse, played by Elizabeth Banks. She did very well playing a possibly crazy woman. And with hopefully not giving anything away, it did have a good twist ending worthy of M. Night Shama-lama-ding-dong. Too bad the bulk of the story just wasn't all that great. I give it a C+. ~~ Sarge