The Mothman Prophecies (2002)

After the tragic death of his wife (Debra Messing), a journalist (Richard Gere) for the Washington Post finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town. It is there that he discovers many of the town's residents have been beset with strange occurrences. In particular, the sighting of a strange moth-like entity. Based on the non fiction book by John Keel and directed by Mark Pellington (ARLINGTON ROAD). The biggest problem I had with the film is that although the film claims that it is based on "true events", what the movie does is attribute supernatural elements to a real life disaster when, in fact, there was nothing supernatural about it. It's like doing a movie about the Titanic and claiming its sinking was due to witchcraft! For a horror film (which is what this is), it's a slow moving affair without any tension or sense of horror. It's flabby and needed some tightening up, something a good editor should have done. Even then, I'm not so sure it could have been saved. Poorly done all around. With Laura Linney, Alan Bates, Will Patton and Lucinda Jenney.