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The movie takes place in the Northeastern US and begins with David and Alexis Weinberg driving to catch a ferry, but running late. It is rainy and foggy and the suspense begins to unfold when they find a beaten, young man on the side of the road. Alexis talks David into helping the young man and they give him a ride. When they reach the ferry, they drop the young man off and continue on their way to their country home. They believe this will be the last time they see the young man, however, their lives, unbeknownst to them, will never be the same. The young man shows himself again and spends time at their home with them. The last scenes are very dark and the end has a twist that noone could have seen coming.

Dark Harbor deserves a three out of five star rating due to the story line and unexpected ending. If one were to watch it a second time, he may see signs of what is to come in the last scene of the movie. Viewers, though, will be anxiously watching to see where this thriller will take them.

Open your eyes....And you'll still miss something.
Subtle hints ahoy! I don't recommend this movie AT ALL to anyone who hates suspense, things left unexplained and an astounding amount of symbolism.

Because that's what this movie is, hints, lies, betrayal, intriguing, 'controversial', yet strangely beautiful at the same time.

The trailer to this movie is annoyingly misleading, but this movie is hard to explain well without giving too much.

Remember -everything- means something. (Put the audio commentary on, you might even have to, to understand some parts.) Right down to the colors of the clothing, placement of objects and the tiniest of movements. There's less than six speaking roles and besides the three main characters they're meaningless.

David (Alan Rickman), Alexis (Polly Walker) are a not yet middle aged married couple, yet are so obviously tired and annoyed with each other it nearly makes the viewer wish they would just admit it. But that's part of the beauty, the dialogue is near perfect to express this.

They vacation to their (Rather, Alexis' dead grandfathers home on a private island.) to rekindle dead flames in a sense. (Even -that- is symbolized, find it. ;)) On the way to catch the ferry, they find a Young Man (Norman Reedus) and by a series of small 'coincidental' events, ends up at their home. And while being a wedge between them, no one seems to want him to leave. Utterly everything falls apart and it makes the viewer wonder who is control of what--the feeling of control and who is betraying/hurting/lying to/being shady to whom and why.

There's questions that will make you look back on and rethink and very wrong assumptions. 'Hey...why did he beep the horn?', 'Why is she wearing that?', 'Did he do that on purpose?', 'She's just as bad! But...', 'Oh...I understand now.', 'That's kind of...beautiful...well, no..'. And so on and so on.

Mixed sexual feelings and attraction, the desire of the couple to -feel- again, a twisted admission of love, cruel words and very educated yet dark minds using knowledge to everyone's own advantage.

The scenery was lovely and it did distract you at some points and very solidly put together acting. The three characters had to carry the movie and did so well.

So keep your minds way, way open, along with your eyes, shut up, sit back and watch. If it doesn't leave you going "Huh...what? Wait, did he..? Why did she? They what, why? Wait; hold on there..." Then you're not watching it right. A really must see for yourself type of movie for adults.

It's fun to be deceived!!!
This is a film you have to buy because you'll need to play it over several times. As with "The Sixth Sense", the ending is so surprising you'll be wondering how on earth they orchestrated it. With repeated review, you'll not only untangle the plot points, but realize the precision artistry of the director, who framed every shot to slowly build the suspense and tension between the main players. This was possible because the writer and director are one in the same. It also deserves repeating that if you are a true Alan Rickman fan, you must have this in your collection...yes, the nude scenes are everything you've imagined.