Half Light

R

2006

1 hr. 42 min.

Mystery & Thriller

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29%

7 Reviews

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46%

5,000+ Ratings

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Rachel Carson (Demi Moore), a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus (Hans Matheson). But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

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exer c

Nice music. Ok plot. Demi's Botox robbed her face of emotion which really showcased her terrible acting . Editing was terrible….yeah …..didn't care for it all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Audience Member

Demi Moore must have a thing for ghost stories. This one is much different than Ghost, different story entirely and more than one ghost, and it's a ghost story and a hoax story all in one. The premise is sound, Moore turns in another great performance, and at the end of the story there is a satisfying wonderment about where the story took us and where it left off.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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I could not even get past the sound track. And 15 min into it, it should have been in the 90's. Would have been better if they cast Michael J Fox and at least threw in a DeLorean or made him an up and comer that gets a job in the mailroom. I am not saying you should not watch this movie. I am saying...... Bad guys would use this to torture people to get information because it would work better than water boarding.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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It takes an hour to set up this movie. Once it gets started, the combination of conspiracy and supernatural is intriguing, until it becomes clumsy and comical. The ending is very unsatisfying.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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mutlu t

It is actually much better than what the critics say. I love the music and the beautyful scenery.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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wendy b

Interesting mystery, with aghostly mood and beautiful scenery. Highly recommend!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Craig Rosenberg

Director

Demi Moore

Rachel Carlson

Therese Bradley

Morag McPherson

Kate Isitt

Sharon Winton

Hans Matheson

Angus McCulloch

James Cosmo

Finlay Murray

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Rated: 1/5

Jun 24, 2006

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

More televisual than cinematic, Half Light is too chocolate boxy and clean to be completely convincing, but it's a diverting enough story.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 13, 2008

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Anton Bitel

musicOMH.com

if you strip away all the references to other films, and all the play on genres, what remains is a film without its own soul, as insubstantial, and as difficult to credit, as a spectre half-glimpsed through the Scottish mist.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 15, 2007

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Urban Cinefile Critics

Urban Cinefile

Demi Moore is used to the odd supernatural love story (Ghost, 1990) and she works hard at Rachel, but the screenplay just isn't up to the genre. It's not super, it's not that natural and it's not very thrilling ... the end result is not even half right.

Jul 13, 2006

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

There's a pleasingly Hitchcockian feel to this entertainingly old-fashioned thriller and writer-director Craig Rosenberg pulls off several impressive twists so that you're never quite sure just where the story's going.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 24, 2006

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This moody thriller is fairly strong on gothic creepiness, but not so good with actual thrills.

Rated: 2/5

May 27, 2006

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Synopsis

Rachel Carson (Demi Moore), a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus (Hans Matheson). But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

Director: Craig Rosenberg
Executive Producer: Simon Franks, Zygi Kamasa, Brian Oliver, Andreas Schmid
Screenwriter: Craig Rosenberg
Production Co: Lakeshore Entertainment, VIP 3 Medienfonds
Rating: R (Some Images of Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 25, 2016
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital Surround EX

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