The Legend of Lucy Keyes (2005)
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One family comes face-to-face with the forces of the unknown in this supernatural thriller based on actual events. On April 14, 1755, something terrible happened to Lucy Keyes in the forest surrounding Wachusett Mountain. 250 years later, Guy (Justin Theroux) and Joanne Cooley (Julie Delpy) move… More One family comes face-to-face with the forces of the unknown in this supernatural thriller based on actual events. On April 14, 1755, something terrible happened to Lucy Keyes in the forest surrounding Wachusett Mountain. 250 years later, Guy (Justin Theroux) and Joanne Cooley (Julie Delpy) move their family into an 18th century farmhouse at the foot of the mountain to escape the city, and recover from the death of their youngest child to SIDS. It seemed like the perfect place to get a fresh start and raise their two young daughters Molly and Lucy. Upon discovering that the Keyes family had occupied the farmhouse at the time of their daughter's death, Joanne begins having strange dreams, and hearing haunting cries coming from the woods. After finding a letter admitting to the murder of Lucy Keyes, Joanne becomes convinced that Martha and Lucy Keyes' spirits are attempting to contact her in hopes that she can set them free from their earthly limbo, and begins to fear that their grieving mother plans to claim Lucy Cooley as a substitute for her own missing daughter. As Guy attempts to convince the townspeople to approve construction of a wind farm project that he's currently working on, his wife's sanity begins to slip and their marriage starts to falter. Joanne's attempt to expose the truth about Lucy Keyes' disappearance only leads to greater terror, however, when the townspeople turn on the family, and young Lucy Cooley vanishes into the woods one cold and windy night. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- John Stimpson
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
- On DVD
- Sep 5, 2006
Critic Reviews
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Robert Koehler, Variety
Too routine to stir up much energy or portent about the present-day impact of the mysterious disappearance in 1755 Princeton, Mass.
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Sheri Linden, Hollywood Reporter
A standard setup that unfolds with lukewarm results.
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Um terror convencional que, apesar dos esforços de Delpy, fracassa graças ao roteiro bobo e à direção óbvia de Stimpson.
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Cast
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Julie Delpy
as Joanne Cooley
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Justin Theroux
as Guy Cooley
- Brooke Adams
- Mark Boone Jr.
- Jamie Donnelly
- Michele Greene
- Cassidy Hinkle
- Kathleen Regan
- Anna Friedman
- Bates Wilder
- Ken Cheeseman
- Mark Boone Junior
- Tom Kemp
