For Sale By Owner

October. 27,2009      
Rating:
3.9
Trailer Synopsis Cast

One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.

Scott Cooper as  Will Custis
Rachel Nichols as  Anna Farrier
Kris Kristofferson as  Ferlin Smith
Tom Skerritt as  Clive Farrier
Scott Wilson as  Doktor Banks
Frankie Faison as  Gene Woodman
Joanna Cassidy as  Linda Flannery
Skeet Ulrich as  Junior
Aimee Teegarden as  Elenore Dare

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Reviews

VividSimon
2009/10/27

Simply Perfect

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ShangLuda
2009/10/28

Admirable film.

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Sameer Callahan
2009/10/29

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

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Bob
2009/10/30

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Troubleboy
2009/10/31

The schizo plot is an interesting concept, but it's been done before and to much greater affect in 'Identity.'For Sale By Owner' plods along at the pace of the river that it's set against and Tom and Kris, pretty much, email in their performances.The male and female lead - whose names are forgettable - at least to this viewer are wooden and uninspired.I gave it six for location, but there's no tension and the film is repetitive (doors that slam and lock by themselves, shadowy movement behind the main characters, etc).This film won't enhance any careers.

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IMDBer100575
2009/11/01

I watched this movie because it looked interesting, or at least interesting enough for a guy who was bored on a Wednesday night. It was a decent movie until the end. I think the writers ran out of weed and decided to end the movie; however, they forgot what they were writing about in the first place.The acting was good, the atmosphere was good, the plot was decent. Stop reading here if you don't like spoilers. Basically, the movie ends with the main character waking up from a daydream. Someone should tell the writers that this is the cheapest way to end a movie.Don't watch this movie, don't rent it, don't download it, don't play it as background ambiance while playing WoW, or even as background to a bad poker party. I have never given a 1-star rating here on IMDb, until now.

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dbborroughs
2009/11/02

Confused and confusing horror tale about a restoration architect who goes to restore and old home in Virginia and runs across evidence of the Lost Colony of Roanoke. Strange things happen and people die…maybe. I'm sure this makes sense in someone's mind but to be perfectly honest I doubt anyone outside of the filmmakers will have any idea what's going on. At the start the film creates a great sense of place and it begins to build some tension and then you begin to wait for something to happen. Actually you begin to wonder "did I just miss something". There is a point relatively early on when the film begins to feel like you've missed a reel and the whys and the hows have been taken away. Why is the house locked? Why are these characters doing anything? It makes no sense. And then the denouncement at the end comes and its like WTF? It's a HUGE "WTF?". I was left shaking my head. What is this film? Well it's a mess, but beyond that, I have no idea. I'm going to guess that the actors were given a good script and they filmed it, and then someone came in and re-shot stuff and re-cut it and turned a well acted, good looking film into a complete mess. I mean this had to work at some point because the performances and the other aspects of the film do not seem to have been a paycheck job. Rather they seem like this was a film that everyone cared about. I can't believe the film as it's on the screen now is any sort of film that anyone would care about on any level. 3 out of 10 because the script is such a mess it pulls everything down

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tnntbrown
2009/11/03

I did not expect to be blown away by this movie, but interestingly enough found myself caught up in the story. That was until......the end.The plot took a little bit of the unknown past, a ghost story, an old spooky house and some stereotypical country characters, but it had a nice little twist that made the story interesting to me. Simple but interesting. I felt as if I was watching a fresh ghost story and was anxious to find out how each character played a part in what was happening. The story held me until the last 10 minutes where the ending made the movie fall apart.The end left a lot of questions and left me with a feeling of being ripped off from what could have been a great movie. You are left not knowing what purpose some characters had and trying to figure out how some even got in the story.It was neat to see Skeet Ulrich step out of the attractive roles and play a small part as a strange, almost unrecognizable mechanic. The acting overall was good and the scenery was nice. If only the ending would have been different and tied everything together, I would be recommending this to everyone. Overall was a decent watch, but left me completely frustrated with the ending. Went from a 7 to a generous 5 if just a few minutes.

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