Fright Night (Remake)- Entertaining. It's not an especially memorable movie, but I was excited to see it, and it didn't let me down too much (a little less comedic than I thought it would be and the second half of the film gives way to action over dialogue way to much) but I loved a few of the characters enough to care less about those aspects. Those characters would include Colin Farrell's Jerry and David Tennant's Peter Vincent. Farrell isn't the scariest vampire to hit the screens since 'Nosferatu' but he most definitely makes it seem like it was fun to work with him on set. Farrell just releases confidence and professionalism, and you can tell that the guy knows his physical acting bits just as much as losing that celtic tone. With Tennant, sure, he's basically just doing the same bit Johnny Depp does with Jack Sparrow but with a rock and roll magician, but in the end, he's Doctor Who, so he kind of strides awesomeness anyways.
It's odd that the hammiest performances are my favorite in the film… actually not really, since I was kind of hoping for the film to take itself a little less seriously. But oh well, kudos Craig Gillespie for really successfully departing from 'Lars and the Real Girl'/ 'Mr. Woodcock' territory into 'Disturbia' territory.
- Jeff Bassin
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