6/10
Personal Effects is A Victim of its Own Circumstances **1/2
26 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
Ashton Kutcher in a subdued, rather quiet performance in this film which seems to have a muddled ending.

Both Kutcher and Michelle Pfeiffer are drawn together when each of them suffers a murder in the family. Pfeiffer has a deaf-mute son who is brought around by Kutcher's love of wrestling.

Kathy Bates,as Kutcher's mother, is given very little material to work with. She is certainly a forceful actress, but her lines don't allow her to live up to her ability as an actress.

The ending is somewhat confusing. Was the deaf mute son playing vigilante? Was he the killer of Kutcher's sister? You're really left in the dark here.

Kutcher seems to have a thing with older women. The film imitates real life for him. It would have really been something had Demi Moore played the Pfeiffer part.
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