Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
Becomes an excruciating exercise in gothic excess and progressively more disgusting imagery.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
26 Oct 2006
rotten:
The movie itself feels like an overstuffed burrito: Nicola Pecorini's cinematography has verve but no visual sense, and the film's self-important pace turns deadening over the long haul.
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
27 Oct 2006
rotten:
Pointless and an excruciating bore.
– Ruthe Stein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Oct 2006
rotten:
The literal train wreck that caps the film is an apt metaphor for this hallucinatory fiasco.