Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Thanks for the memories!

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

The wife of eminent psychologist Dr. Grey has apparently murdered him in a twisted tale of horror, suspense, and ghostly possession. It's an escape movie, wherein Miranda Grey (Halle Berry) is accused of a crime she committed "by proxy" as the unwilling victim of ghostly possession. She must run for her life. Is it badly written? As a horror story, it succeeds. As a who (or what) done-it, it's quite elementary, as I guessed the accomplice half-way through the film, based on awkward clues. Both men, the Chief of Police and Dr. Grey have their own little Satanic Cult going-on, involving S&M, torture, and the death of innocent women, while videotaping them. (sick) Miranda is an inmate in the "Psycho Ward" of her own ghastly prison. It's a monstrous, evil place. She is carved-up and attacked by a ghost and inmates in a nightmarish shower sequence, and accused of being both "a cutter" and suicidal. She is guided by the ghost of the Head Administrator's daughter, as she was also murdered by Dr. Grey and mistakenly thought to have died by suicide as a bridge jumper. In the end, Miranda is exonerated of all crimes, which is very hard-to-believe, as her hands, if not her body, did kill her evil husband. However, she still sees ghosts. I enjoyed Halle's good performance in spite of the somewhat predictable storyline. "Gothika", as explained by "Chloe", is the realm of Satan. Graphic, confusing, unsettling, and certainly not for the squeamish.

Supernatural occurrences, a feeling of déjà vu, dreams, co- incidences, intuition, there are lot of things in the world that happen and there is no straight explanation for them. Gothika delves into this aspect in a way that keeps you intrigued. With a trail of troubled past it is miraculous that Downey landed in roles for Gothika & The Singing Detective as it was incredibly difficult to insure him on the set. Probably the fact that he art personified is something that has been his biggest asset. This movie belongs to Halle Berry but she gets ample support from Penelope Cruz & Downey Jr. Halle Berry plays Dr Miranda Grey a psychiatrist who works in a female asylum with her husband. She believes in a coherent expressions due to which she sometimes cannot connect with her patients. One night, while she drives back home during a heavy rain, she gets involved in an accident. This one incident turns her life upside down. The next thing she knows is that she wakes up in the same asylum that she works in, as a patient as the prime accused in the murder of her husband. The story is about how she works her way out of this mess with the help of a vision of a girl & her friend, Downey. This movie may not score a perfect 10 but it keeps you entertained never the less. Worth a watch.

This is a fairly descent crime horror flick starring Halle berry as criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey, who awakens to find herself a patient in the institution where she works. She has no memory of a murder she is accused of committing and finds herself being manipulated by a demon as she tries to regain her memory and her freedom.The acting is sub-par at best, with Berry pulling off some very campy moments and forced drama. But, what made up for the film is the fast-paced plot, surprising twists, unpredictable story and thrilling sequences. It was nice to see Penelope Cruz star in a horror movie and she gave a riveting performance. A descent horror movie, overall, and I wasn't bored by it.Grade B-

Okay, Halle Berry is a psychiatrist; yeah, and I am the pope. The former Miss Ohio is Dr. Miranda Grey, a shrink at a mental hospital. On her way home one night, she has a car accident while swerving to avoid a little girl. The kid turns out to be a ghost and she takes over Halle's body. The doc awakens at the very hospital she works at. She is treated by Dr. Peter Graham(Robert Downey), a former coworker. Her husband was murdered on the night of the accident, and she is suspect number one. The ghost carves "not alone" on her arm, and she befriends Chloe(Penelope Cruz), who warns her about a rapist prowling the hospital. Dr. Grey figures out that the ghost used her body to kill her husband. The story progresses from silly to the ridiculous, and although I have a soft spot for Berry's beauty, I was less than impressed by Gothika. A good cast, including Charles Dutton and the above mentioned cannot save this turkey.