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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
THE POSSESSIVE HUSBAND, November 27, 2004
DEVIL'S POND poses an interesting paradox: Lovely Julianne comes from money, is used to the finest, and she has just married a young man named Mitch. When they arrive at their secluded honeymoon getaway, she shouts she is free from the bonds of her mother's world, the society she claims to want freedom from. Mitch decides to give her that freedom to the extreme. He imprisons her on this little island in the middle of nowhere and refuses to let her leave. He will go to any lengths to keep her there, so she can give him children and live in a hunky dory kind of world. I Don't think that's what sweet Julianne has in mind.
DEVIL'S POND is a contrived piece of fluff, but due to the capable performances of Kip Pardue and Tara Reid, the film manages to involve us and cheer Julianne on in her freedom attempts. Why she married this clod in the first place remains a mystery, but dramatic license justifies the implausibility that some kind of signs weren't evident during their courtship. Meredith Baxter makes a very brief appearance as Reid's mother---she's still a lovely woman, too bad they didn't use her more.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Very Gripping!!, December 17, 2003
By A Customer
Devil's Pond was a very gripping movie. The story is about a young couple who spend their honeymoon on a small deserted "island". Little does the bride, Julianne (brilliantly portrayed by Tara Reid) realize at the beginning, that her new husband, Mitch (played very well by Kip Pardue)has no plans of ever letting her off the island. As she prepares to return to "civilization" to begin their lives together, he tells her that they'll "return" when HE says they will, and he starts to show an aggressive side. Slowly, she realizes that if she wants to make it off the "island" (which is some wooded land in the middle of a lake, or "pond". that her husband used to go hunting with his father on.), she'll have to find away to do so on her own. Afraid of water and unable to swim, she tries a few times to "escape", but to no avail, as Mitch finds ways to stop her. At one point, he even chains her down, and becomes physically violent, but she also fights back to the best of her ability. I won't spoil the ending, but like the rest of the movie, it moves along at a great pace. As mentioned, both Kip and especially Tara, give excellent performances, and she wasn't afraid to get down and dirty. Tara deserves high praise for being more than just "eye-candy", which she is unfairly often criticized for. Kip's performance has the severely obsessed, and somewhat deranged husband was also excellent. If this movie would have starred more media friendly, or "Hollywood Favourites" actors, it more than likely would have gone to the big screen, but they wouldn't have been able to do as good a job as Kip and Tara did. A very entertaining movie, with a very good performance by Kip Pardue, and an Excellent performance by Tara Reid.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Devil'sPond!!!!!!, December 21, 2004
wow i really loved this movie so much it was just as good as i thought it would be its scary, action packed,suspenseful the whole package and tara reids performance was awsome kips was good too if your a big fan of thrillers and of tara reid you will love this movie so much.
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