He said the film "belongs to the Cape Fear tradition of thrillers in which the mettle of a civilized family man is tested in a life-or-death struggle with crude macho evil". Heavy I only wish this film had chosen a course similar to The River Wild, the PG-13 white-water rafting thriller that found Meryl Streep and David Strathairn desperately trying to save their family from a vicious Kevin Bacon. However, don't go out of your way to check in . In "Under the Tuscan Sun," another new movie, Diane Lane is able to find some cheerful Polish workers to rehab her Tuscan villa, but the Tilsons have the extraordinarily bad judgment to hire the former owner of the house, Dale Massie (Stephen Dorff), an ex-con with a missing family. Taking a break from his multiple-perspective digicam experiments, helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone fish in vain to find any angles to play in their dimension-free characters". The couple team up in a climactic struggle to defend their home. Dale has a bad attitude toward Cooper and his family and sets out to harass and get them out of his former house. Again, why wasnt this clarified in the film? Several people smoke cigarettes. To top it off, Dennis Quaids character gets drunk about halfway through the movie and Quaid himself seems to stay that way through the rest of the film. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. There was a problem. Jesse is nearly struck by a vehicle when he darts out into traffic. Finally the film has a commentary track with the director. Cooper and Leah argue about their situation. DVD. Dale's father says that Dale is the "corrupt spawn of your whoring mother" and then says that Dale's kids probably weren't even his, that he couldn't even make babies. Dale Massie is a scruffy, yet muscular ex-con who claims he has no hard feelings about losing his house to these city slickers. In rural Bellingham, they buy up the huge old Cold Creek Manor, which is going cheaply, and convert it into their dream house. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content. In all movies involving city people who move to the country, there is an unwritten rule that everybody down at the diner knows all about the history of the new property and the secrets of its former owners. The film was shot on location in Cambridge, Kitchener, Ayr, Brougham and Toronto, Ontario. CAST, CREW, & TECHNICAL INFO The lights go out in the house and Cooper and Leah hear someone smash a window and then break things in the house (we see that as it occurs). Dale puts his hand between Ruby's thighs as she stands in the doorway of her camper. Frightening/Tense Scenes Yet in "Cold Creek Manor," a rather plain suspense film, I don't think there is even one thing that happens that I didn't foresee. Topics ToTalk About The trailer looked interesting, and I was always game for a Dennis Quaid movie. For violence, language and some sexuality. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE) Biography He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. Cooper isn't happy about that and leaves for a while. gtag('js', new Date()); STEPHEN DORFF plays an ex-con who returns to the manor to work on it for the new owners, but then shows his true colors of wanting to get the house back for himself. [5], Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times rated the film 1 stars and called it "an anthology of cliches" and "a thriller that thrills us only if we abandon all common sense". Smoking This isn't a movie, it's channel surfing". At least 19 "f" words (3 used with "mother," 1 used sexually), 9 "s" words, 2 slang terms using male genitals ("c*ck" and "pecker"), 3 asses (all used with "hole"), 2 hells, 1 damn, 1 S.O.B., 10 uses of "Oh my God," 4 of "Oh God" and 1 use each of "For Christ's sakes," "G-damn," "God," "Jesus Christ," "My God," "Oh Jesus" and "Swear to God." Cooper is in a position to disable his rival without killing him during the films climax, but with Leahs blessing, he finishes the guy off, vigilante style. The two then struggle and the intruder strikes Cooper and comments on the sound of a bone breaking. As haunted-house . Helmer Mike Figgis displays at best a half-hearted interest in delivering the commercial genre goods, while . When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. TENSE FAMILY SCENES None Some tense family material and imitative behavior is also present. Especially the whole 'getting a dead horse into the pool while drunk' part. Phrases: "Don't f*ck with him," "He'll rip your f*cking head off," "Shut the f*ck up," "Back the f*ck away," "Get the f*ck out of here," "You f*ck," "Oh sh*t," "You'll sh*t blood," "You little sh*thead," "You piece of sh*t," "You're full of sh*t," "You scared the sh*t out of me," "Corrupt spawn of your whoring mother," "Screwed up," "Where the hell /is he going/are you going to do about it?" Why didn't he proceed to push down the husband? Next week, a look back at Oliver Stones Nixon. Extreme Dale punches Ruby and then punches several people who try to restrain him. Documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson (Dennis Quaid) and his professionally. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger.". Dale has a tattoo on his shoulder. No one in this movie has a shred of common sense. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. Cold Creek Manor gets a 1 Reelrating. An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Cooper cuts off a poisonous snake's head (with brief and slightly bloody results). KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. Leah shows some cleavage in her swimsuit. Moving into a new home. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. Wanting to simplify their lives, the Tilsons decide to buy a recently repossessed mansion out in the country. The previous owner, Dale Massie, convinces Cooper to hire him to help with repairs. Heavy He hits a deer with his car. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, while some smoke and/or drink, some to the point of intoxication (two drive while drunk). Continuity mistake: When Juliet Luis is cleaning the windshield in the beginning of the movie, she moves to the passenger side and wets the window. The movie itself is a giant mistake in filmmaking. Cold Creek Manor (2003) Directed by Mike Figgis Stephen Dorff [Dale Massie] Christopher Plummer [Mr. Massie] Simon Reynolds [Ray Pinski] Paula Brancati [Stephanie Pinski] Kathleen Duborg [Ellen Pinski] Dana Eskelson [Sheriff Annie Ferguson] . Director Mike Figgis (who in the past brought us Leaving Las Vegas and the brilliant film Timecode) really should have his camera taken away from him. "COLD CREEK MANOR" It just doesnt make sense. Burbank, CA 91521. Cold Creek Manor. We see Kristen in a bikini. And both Cooper and Leah are tinged with the suggestion of adultery, because in American movies, as we all know, sexual misconduct leads to bad real estate choices. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. Dale shows up at the trailer of his trashy girlfriend, Ruby, and begins undressing her. Not to mention that hitting an animal the size of a horse would cause far more damage to the vehicle than a broken headlight. She uses some profanity and states that she agreed to sleep with her boss to get a promotion (but that never happened). KRISTEN STEWART plays the Tilsons' moody teenage daughter who doesn't like Dale from the get-go. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. [9], Todd McCarthy of Variety called the film "a woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser that hardly seems worth the attention of its relatively high-profile participants. Cooper and his family slowly make their way through the dilapidated house that still has the belongings of the former residents in it (although everything's in disarray). Blood/Gore The Tilson's stay at Cold Creek Manor and Dale is buried in the family cemetery on the Manor's grounds. I remember whenCold Creek Manorcame out to the theatres, I was excited. I was especially impressed with relative newcomer Dana Eskelson as the no-nonsense, tough-as-nails sheriff who gives the Tilsons someone to turn to amidst chaos. I was hoping for a fright, and on this rewatching of the film, I found myself losing interest in the movie. Ruby, who appears to be drunk, then joins him and orders several rounds of shots for the two of them. There are implied consequences to drunkenness when Cooper hits something with his car and his family doubts his ability to recall exactly what happened. $29.1 million [1] Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. We see Jesse with a paintball rifle. Its a hustle-bustle life, the pressures of which reach a crescendo when a near-miss in heavy traffic endangers one of the children. Coopers Documentary looked promising. IIRC the family believes it's the father precisely because his headlights/front of the car is smashed. Cooper (DENNIS QUAID) and Leah Tilson (SHARON STONE) have decided to give up the city life of New York for the countryside of Bellingham. TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT Ruby tells her sister, the sheriff, that she fell (instead of admitting that Dale punched her). Dale Massie is the main antagonist of the 2003 film Cold Creek Manor. This article is a stub and is in need of expansion. SHARON STONE plays his wife, an executive who wants to get their family out of harm's way when things get too precarious. Kill.Switch (2003) Resident Evil 5 (2009) Grand Theft Auto III (2001) Dale slaps Ruby violently, then punches men who come to her aid before Sheriff Ferguson draws her pistol. The actors are talented, but they dont have much to work with. An intruder terrorizes the Tilsons, chasing them through their blacked-out home, wielding a killing hammer (Im gonna bash your skulls in and throw you down The Devils Throat). Instead of following some sort of plot from point A to B to C to D, for reasons unknown we jump from A to C leaving B out of the film and leaving the audience clueless as to what some characters are talking about, or why character relationships have changed. We see various poisonous snakes in various places through the house, including in Leah's bed, in construction plastic along the ceiling, under Jesse's bed and under the fridge where Cooper reaches, unaware what's there. He grew up in Cold Creek Manor, with an abusive dad. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!! Dale's father refers to Dale's mother as a "whore." They then meet the former owner, Dale Massie (STEPHEN DORFF), who states he just got out of prison and would like to work for them restoring the house back to its once prominent state. "Cold Creek Manor" is another one of those movies where a demented fiend devotes an extraordinary amount of energy to setting up scenes for the camera. Hes an actor that brings so much passion and energy to the screen that despite all the failings of a movie, Quaid can make a character shine. 1 Reel-Bored and Killing Time, 2 Reels-When You Have Some Time, 3 Reels-Make Some Time, 4 Reels-Big Screen Event}. Dale is suspected of having murdered his own family in similar fashion. Roger Ebert was the film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. {The following four categories are based on a Film Reel scale. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. I had hoped this would be a mock up of the documentary Cooper Tilson was working on inside the movie. Dale's father says that Dale is the "corrupt spawn of your whoring mother" and then says that Dale's kids probably weren't even his, that he couldn't even make babies. Two people clothesline a third with a rope that they then use to tie him down to a skylight. DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. Design and text 1996 - 2023 Jon Sandys. The site's consensus states: "The plot of Cold Creek Manor is too predictable and contrived to generate suspense". In fact, it's not even very good. Synopsis Leah Tilson (Sharon Stone) gets out of bed on a busy morning in New York City at 4:30am. Phrases: "Don't f*ck with him," "He'll rip your f*cking head off," "Shut the f*ck up," "Back the f*ck away," "Get the f*ck out of here," "You f*ck," "Oh sh*t," "You'll sh*t blood," "You little sh*thead," "You piece of sh*t," "You're full of sh*t," "You scared the sh*t out of me," "Corrupt spawn of your whoring mother," "Screwed up," "Where the hell /is he going/are you going to do about it?" An intruder breaks through a door to get onto the roof. Dale belches after eating. Kristen finds a piece of wood with the word "evil" on it and is then surprised by her brother. He added, "Of course preposterous things happen in all thrillers, but there must be at least a gesture in the direction of plausibility, or we lose patience". Trailer (2003) When documentary filmmaker Cooper Tilson and his wife Leah decide life in New York City has become unbearable, they and their children Kristen and Jesse move into a decaying mansion filled with the possessions of the previous family. [6], Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle said, "As haunted-house thrillers go, Cold Creek Manor is more ludicrous than the average but at the same time more handsomely produced. After Cooper asks what she did, she says she said yes, but that an emergency phone call prevented that from happening. We see an old drawing/picture of a man holding a knife to a child. We are shown a new weapon, so something must happen with that weapon and it does. JumpScenes Cooper keeps poking around, gets a sense he doesn't trust Dale. Profanity consists of at least 19 "f" words, while other expletives and colorful phrases are used. Heres how it works. Cooper Tilson, his wife Leah and their two children, Kristen and Jesse, move from New York to the country after purchasing a mansion. They find a sprawling run down large old house in the boonies of a small town. The movie is an anthology of cliches, not neglecting both the Talking Killer, who talks when he should be at work, and the reliable climax where both the villain and his victims go to a great deal of inconvenience to climb to a high place so that one of them can fall off. I wasnt scared, nor did I even know what the plot of the film was. A few of them might have helped the movie a little more, such as in transitioning two confusing scenes and letting Dennis Quaids character get the upper hand for a moment. Tense FamilyScenes Its almost like the script purposely makes the audience want to dislike Leah, so they muted Stone from being able to make her presence known in the film. Cold Creek Manor is a 2003 American thriller film directed by Mike Figgis, and starring Dennis Quaid, Sharon Stone, Stephen Dorff, Juliette Lewis, Kristen Stewart and Christopher Plummer. gtag('config', 'G-6VYSQ581R3'); A documentary filmmaker, Cooper is intrigued by the history of the house, particularly since the foreclosure on it left all of its belongings - albeit in disarray - still there and ready for examination. To recap for people who havent seen Cold Creek Manor: Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone play Cooper and Leah Tilson, two New York parents who find themselves being swallowed up by the city and decide to take their family to a safer place. Other new and recent reviews include: DVD. We see video of a teenager in a bikini in a pool. Also, the cast is solid. Violence Jesse makes a comment about a parental moment being "Miller Time." If I were Cooper Tilson, never would I befriend Dale. When we finally saw the film a week later, I left the theatre disappointed. Dale smokes a number of times, while Ruby smokes once and various miscellaneous characters smoke in several scenes. Miscellaneous people drink in a bar where the owner offers to buy Cooper a drink. The DVD for Cold Creek Manor gets a little higher marks for having some content to it. Accordingly, he turns from friendly and helpful to increasingly volatile and dangerous. He only stops when the sheriff aims her gun at him. Those scare scenes mostly took away from the film's rhythm and its more penetrating family drama story. Once they realize that, they have several close calls with those snakes and more, including one that strikes out at Cooper and another that falls on his shoulder. Cold Creek Manor Woefully predictable imperiled-yuppie-family-under-siege suspenser. They buy a decaying mansion that was in foreclosure and began to restore it into their dream home. He then tells Cooper that he should buy the next round for everyone there as a gesture of good will. But COLD CREEK MANOR is definitely not a horror film. We briefly see Ruby kissing Dale while both lie on a bed, but he then sits up and nothing else happens. Privacy Statement and Terms of Use and Disclaimer Website: www.disney.com. Additionally, Dale is a leering pervert. We see a photo of a teenager giving "the finger." During an altercation, Ruby pushes Leah backwards. They then try to get away from the intruder through the dark house. Cooper decapitates a snake. He uses some profanity. BLOOD/GORE If you are bored and have nothing else to do, why not. Cooper drives home while a bit intoxicated shortly after drinking many shots of liquor. Which is illogical once you start thinking about it. The next shot she is talking to. They get back to the house where Dale has torched Leah's car. His girlfriend, Ruby (JULIETTE LEWIS), tells Cooper to watch his back, but her sister, Sheriff Ferguson (DANA ESKELSON), doesn't initially seem able or willing to help. 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