Well, I don't know what I can add to all the superlatives from earlier posters! Good, solid direction, excellent acting, a superlative script; the scene where Catherine retrieves the discarded knickknacks of her late charge from the trash was a wonderful bit of foreshadowing.But, at the risk of being called a spoilsport, I have to point out the unmistakable inspiration that writer Ehren Kruger drew on( if only second-hand) from the short story "The Late Mr. Elvesham" by H. G. Wells. Not that I'm complaining, mind you. These days it's almost impossible to know where screenwriters got their inspiration,(firsthand, anyway). Besides, to quote the screenwriter William Goldman from his book, "Adventures in the Screen Trade", "If you're going to steal, steal from the best". Besides, I don't think Mr. Wells would have minded...
Review of The Skeleton Key
