Review: House Of Voices (D)

House of Voices aka Saint Ange (2004)
Directed by Pascal Laugier
Starring Virginie Ledoye, Lou Doillon, Catriona Maccoll
MPAA: R

Grade: D

Review by Bobby Nashville

Originally titled Saint Ange, House of Voices is a mindless, meandering ghost story that could have used a lot more ghosts. Or a better story. Or chainsaw wielding hookers.

House of Voices stars Virginie Ledoyen as Anna Jurin, a young lady sent to spruce up a recently closed down orphange in the Alps. Anna finds the place to be haunted and she sets out to investigate. The problem is that she is perhaps the slowest sloth ever put on the planet, and it takes her five minutes to walk down a hallway. Of course the head of the orphanage tries to block the investigation, so Anna befriends a gal that has been living in the orphanage for years. The plot beyond that is muddled and pointless.

House of Voices is a visually dull and lyrically flat motion picture. It's also long. Painfully long. Avoid this one at all costs.