StunnaKrypto Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Argemaluco I don't exactly know what I was expecting from a horror film written by Bret Easton Ellis, but it wasn't this. To start with, The Curse of Downers Grove isn't even a horror film... or at least, not the kind of horror suggested by the publicity. Besides, The Curse of Downers Grove is based on a novel written by Michael Hornburg, so Ellis was only in charge of the adaptation to cinema; it's possible that the problems came from the original material. But it's still difficult for me to understand how the movie ended up being such an incongruous hodgepodge of shapes and styles. And the worst thing of all is that The Curse of Downers Grove had the potential of being an interesting film. The shortage of supernatural elements (depending on the criterion from every spectator) doesn't avoid it from portraying horrors of a more daily and realistic nature, such as bullying, sexual assault, police corruption... well; I won't reveal more than that. The point is that The Curse of Downers Grove deals with themes which are much more disturbing than any vindictive ghost or generic tribal curse. That's why I think this film would have worked better as a drama, in which said themes could have been dealt with the necessary maturity not to decrease their impact and social relevance; or maybe, it should have completely plunged into the mystic of the provincial superstition in order to create a darker and more psychological tale. I don't know; I appreciate the intention to deal with so many themes, but I feel that, when bullying and sexual assault are set in the same context as curses and spirits... nobody wins and everybody loses. The raw reality darkens the fantasy, and the fantasy is tarnished with cruel situations which can't be solved with an exorcism, or a sacrifice to some local deity. Sure, there have been films which perfectly mixed horror and social commentary (They Live, Videodrome); but The Curse of Downers Grove is very, very far from that level. On the positive side, the actors make a good work in their roles, highlighting Bella Heathcote, who faces the aggression from her partners and the hypothetical supernatural influence on the events torturing her with equal credibility. Pity that the screenplay constantly destroys her character's consistency; in one scene, she's criticizing the youngsters who make bad decisions, and in the following one, she accepts to attend a party with strangers of very doubtful intentions. That's the narrative laziness I didn't expect to see associated with Ellis' name. In conclusion, despite having some interesting ideas, The Curse of Downers Grove is a tedious and unsatisfactory film whose main problem is not having decided its intention from the beginning.

John Stutsman Let me get this out right off the bat, there is no curse,, and if there is, they completely forgot that there was supposed to be a curse by about 15 minutes into the movie. A more appropriate title would have just been "Dowers Grove" as this movie really is a dower. The entire movie I was trying to figure out where the curse would come in at, but it never did. I'm also really confused why all these guys seem so into this girl who isn't even all that attractive or have any decent girlfriendish qualities herself. As a character she was very.... stale. I was confused as to how someone who took "conflict resolution" classes would think throwing a brick through the window of a guy who tried to rape her and is harassing her and her friends, is a good idea at all. Oh, and why oh why do the brother and sister insist on not telling their mother about what is going on because they wanted her to enjoy her vacation in Vegas.... that whole premise was laughable and unbelievable. In fact the entire premise came off as laughable and unbelievable. Honestly, this seemed like a movie that would be produced by and shown on Lifetime. There is no horror to it, just a very very poor crime drama. Really, no need to watch this.,. save yourself the time and mental anguish in trying to figure out what they were thinking.Oh and one more thing, no need to wait through the 9 minutes of ending credits to get to the final hidden "scene". Its just the same little non sense images that the girl was thinking through the entire movie, put together into one. Some of the imagery doesn't even make sense... such as the crow, the cross, and the church. This movie is just a big waste of time from the beginning to the very very very end.

dcarsonhagy "The Curse of Downer's Point" falls just short of being ridiculous. Ever watched a movie where NOTHING looked authentic or seemed real? This is a good example of such. It seems Downer's Point High School has a "curse." Every graduating class since before time has to deal with a death of a senior. Of course, all these deaths can be explained, so those involved with this mess lost any kind of paranormal connection right away. One guy who is high on meth decides to climb to local water tower and falls. There are drownings, drug overdoses, automobile accidents, etc. One senior (Chrissy) tries to downplay the curse, but no one will listen. She and her friend (who apparently will sleep with ANYONE) decides to attend a party in a neighboring town and it's all downhill from there.The viewer would think in all that you'd find a halfway decent movie. You'd be terribly wrong. Any of you who have read any of my reviews know one of the first things I'll go after is a script--or lack thereof. Whoever wrote this must have been doing Yeagerbombs AND bong hits because after Chrissy gives her reasons for not believing in the curse, the movie becomes one big old mess, e.g. there is an attempted rape that (when reported) is completely ignored by the police because the perpetrator is supposedly some football jock. Chrissy's brother is attacked by him and his goons and suffers a broken hand at their doing. The police do nothing. The only "curse" for this movie was its complete, mind-numbingly bad script. Rated "R" for attempted rape, sexual situations, and violence.

Eagles409 First, let me start by saying the only reason I watched this movie is due to the fact that I grew up in the town next to Downers Grove, IL. I've spent a lot of time in Downers Grove and was excited to see a movie with a local connection. That being said, I don't think anyone involved with the movie has ever set foot anywhere near Downers Grove. I know that's a bit nit picky, but since that's one of the main reasons I watched the film, it irritated me. Second, there is no curse of Downers Grove, so the "true story" angle is nonsense. On to the actual film. The film is about a goody two shoes girl Chrissie (Bella Heathcoate) who is in to studying, religion and her family and her sort of slutty friend. The two attend a party together and a football player attempts to rape Chrissie. During her struggle to get away, she pokes his eye out and he loses his ability to play football. The rest of the movie is him stalking her and her family and boyfriend. This isn't really a horror movie at all, it's a revenge flick with some semi graphic death scenes. The ending didn't really make any sense and seemed to be tacked on to just to make the title be true. On a positive note, it's a very short movie. The acting is overall pretty decent and Bella Heathcoate isn't difficult to look at, but overall I wouldn't waste your time checking this out.