An Abysmal Psychological Thriller Unravels a Murder Mystery on Netflix

Terrible movies can often end up delivering happy endings for reasons that have nothing to do with the dismal quality of what ends up on the screen, as proven when Dream House co-stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz started dating during production, and ultimately ended up getting married three months before the psychological thriller was released in theaters.

The stars may have gotten the opportunity to enjoy their post-marital honeymoon period, but that wasn’t something director Jim Sheridan’s tedious tale was afforded after it landed with a thud both critically and commercially, failing to come close to selling enough tickets to recoup the substantial $50 million budget, topped off with a horrendous seven percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Streaming has often proven to be the salvation of even the most misguided of features provided the title in question has a decent enough premise and perhaps a recognizable name or two among the ensemble, with Dream House overcoming its well-earned reputation as a simply awful piece of cinema to end up as one of the most-watched efforts on Netflix this week, per FlixPatrol.

Craig’s publisher abandons a well-paying job in New York City to relocate to the New England suburbs with Weisz’s wife and their two kids, only for the new owners to discover that a woman and her children had previously been murdered, and her husband continues to generate suspicion as the prime suspect. From there, boredom sweeps the narrative as Naomi Watts’ neighbor helps unravel a murder mystery you more than likely won’t care about, unless you’re one of the many Netflix users to give it another shot.

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Terrible movies can often end up delivering happy endings for reasons that have nothing to do with the dismal quality of what ends up on the screen, as proven when Dream House co-stars Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz started dating during production, and ultimately ended up getting married three months before the psychological thriller was released in theaters.

The stars may have gotten the opportunity to enjoy their post-marital honeymoon period, but that wasn’t something director Jim Sheridan’s tedious tale was afforded after it landed with a thud both critically and commercially, failing to come close to selling enough tickets to recoup the substantial $50 million budget, topped off with a horrendous seven percent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Streaming has often proven to be the salvation of even the most misguided of features provided the title in question has a decent enough premise and perhaps a recognizable name or two among the ensemble, with Dream House overcoming its well-earned reputation as a simply awful piece of cinema to end up as one of the most-watched efforts on Netflix this week, per FlixPatrol.

Craig’s publisher abandons a well-paying job in New York City to relocate to the New England suburbs with Weisz’s wife and their two kids, only for the new owners to discover that a woman and her children had previously been murdered, and her husband continues to generate suspicion as the prime suspect. From there, boredom sweeps the narrative as Naomi Watts’ neighbor helps unravel a murder mystery you more than likely won’t care about, unless you’re one of the many Netflix users to give it another shot.