Movie Review

The Return (2006)

EW's GRADE
C-

Details Release Date: Nov 10, 2006; Rated: PG-13; Length: 85 Minutes; Genres: Drama, Mystery and Thriller; With: Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sam Shepard; Distributor: Rogue Pictures

Despite the presence of Sarah Michelle Gellar (pictured), The Return doesn’t feel like your standard teen shocker. It’s also not a remake, but it feels more Asian than most Hollywood horror do-overs: Mellow — nay, snoozy — atmospherics trump actual scares, and it makes almost zero sense. Gellar is a screwy-headed cutter called to a small Texas town, where she is haunted by visions of a dead woman, voices that call her “Sunshine,” and — in what passes for the major goose-pimple tactic — repeated plays of Patsy Cline’s ''Sweet Dreams.''

Originally posted Nov 15, 2006 Published in issue #908 Nov 24, 2006 Order article reprints
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