Twixt

Twixt

Starring Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, Elle Fanning, Ben Chaplin

Directed by Francis Ford Coppola

Hall Baltimore (Val Kilmer) is a down and out writer who specializes on witchcraft.  He arrives in a small mysterious town for a book signing, and the first thing he notices is that the bell tower has seven different clocks, all giving different times.

At the signing he's approached by Sheriff Bobby LaGrange (Bruce Dern), who wants Hall to help him write a story about the town, and a mysterious death at the hands of a serial killer.  Hall uncovers mysteries about the town and in dreams he's met by the mysterious V (Elle Fanning) and Edgar Allen Poe, and together they help Hall uncover the true deadly nature of the town, or something like that.

Honestly, I really had no idea what the point of this film was.  It was beautifully crafted (especially the dream sequences), but I didn't fully understand the point, especially coming from such an acclaimed director as Francis Ford Coppola. The worlds of reality and fantasy become more blurred and you don't know where you're at.

Val Kilmer was a terrible choice for the lead, because his time has really come and gone.  He's not the great actor he once was, and cannot hold a film on his own anymore, especially with Academy Award nominated actor Bruce Dern as a supporting character, who literally steals every scene they're in.  Kilmer was in way over his head here, and Coppola directed a flop of a film with this nonsensical fairy tale.

My Rating: C-