It was an hour and a half of disjointed, disconnected, lazy, poorly executed backdrop vignettes that were glued together like a preschooler with two broken arms who was blinded in an unfortunate puppy mill accident during a freak blizzard in April, somewhere in Northwestern PA. On a Tuesday. The acting was wooden and trite. The story was so empty, it might as well have been a trough holding an ounce of water. The "events" in the movie were not explained at all. The ghosts made no sense. The emerging love story was empty and felt forced. The protagonist had absolutely no fleshing out in the story; why was he so involved in driving these people around when he had a day job, a family and a home to look after. Nothing about this movie made any sense. $.02

This is maybe the only film I've seen that has had me start crying, and keep crying even 5 minutes after the film ended... and I couldn't really explain why.It's a really nice mix between hints of supernatural happenings and a very emotional film about a guy living a quite ordinary life.For me, it was very touching and the dialogs and the minimalistic and realistic role play by Ciarán Hinds was brilliant.I can't see how this film could be improved. This film is a great example on how you can make a movie that doesn't stick to the well established genres, and still can be really successful.If you are interested in supernatural ghost movies, this is probably nothing for you as it doesn't contain a lot of that (but a little). If you like emotional movies towards the melancholic direction and, yet, you are prepared to see something a bit different, then this film is for you! It's great.

A depressed widower Michael Farr(Ciaran Hinds) believes he is not only sharing his home in Ireland with his two children, but also a restless, angry spirit. He volunteers his services at the annual literary festival and is assigned chauffeuring and tending to the needs of Lena Morelle(Iben Hjejle), who is known for her insightful ghost novels. Also attending the festival is author Nicholas Holden(Aidan Quinn)and his reputation of womanizing. Guess what, Michael and Nicholas end up competing for Lena's affection. All the while, Michael's visits from his supernatural vision is becoming more pronounced. Also in the cast: Dorothy Cotter, Jim Norton and Hilary O'Shaughnessy. THE ECLIPSE is directed by notable Irish playwright Conor McPherson.

"Then she knew. She knew that she was seeing a ghost, and she realized for perhaps the first time in her life, that she too would die. That her husband would die. And that her children would die. She knew in that moment, that she was looking at reality."The Eclipse is a tough movie to describe. It's an odd Irish mixture of a supernatural thriller and a family drama, that is very slow-paced. The entire movie occurs in a relatively short time frame, and not much appears to "happen", though it really does.Ciaran Hinds stars as a father of two who's recently lost his wife, and is charged with attending to a supernatural fiction writer (Iben Hjejle) who has come to Ireland for a literary festival. He begins to have either dreams or visions of his dead father (who's actually still alive), as he slowly draws closer to the female writer.That's hardly a serviceable summary, but this movie is difficult to summarize. As I said, it's slow-paced; but that suits the movie. I never found it dull or boring. I can't really think of anything to compare it to. It's a very adult drama, that deals with death and loneliness without being depressing or sappy. Don't watch it expecting a horror movie, or a typical romance, or...well, the best thing to do would be to not expect anything specific, at all. Watch The Eclipse with a completely open mind. Be assured, though, that it has a lot to offer. It's one of the more "genuine" movies that I've seen in quite a while. Maybe once you've watched it, you can describe it better than I can.