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Zoe Saladona was a great choice for a leading actress.

Original film was scarier this one was fine.

Really enjoyed this retelling of a classic... well put together and acted... do not expect a remake or the novel but the heart of both told in a new story

There are a few car accident scenes in this movie. But in truth, the entire production is one mesmerizing car crash. There was no need to remake Rosemarys Baby. I viewed the original for the first time two years ago, and it didnt seem so dated as to warrant a new version. The original is a classic; this is forgettable. Whats worse, this version is very long. In its television miniseries broadcast, it was split into two movie-length parts. The only thing worse than a bad movie is a long bad movie. Whats different between the two versions? Plot-wise, not much at all. Some of the few significant changes, though, are off the mark and only serve to distract the viewer. First and foremost among them: Rosemary is black! Casting decided to fill the role memorably portrayed by Mia Farrow with a black actress that Ive never heard of before...within a script that completely ignores the fact that shes black. She and her white husband, Guy, are urban Americans residing in France, and yet Rosemary is the whitest American black woman next to Halle Berry: soft-spoken, delicate, dainty, and actually emulative of Mia Farrows depiction of the character, which this movie was reputedly meant to bring forward into the modern age. Why? What was the point? By all means, there would be no problem with making her black, but at least allow the character to be informed by that identity. Having her be black is also somewhat odd, though, since Rosemary isnt exactly the most common name given to urban black women. It isnt as though they could have changed that detail, though, without changing the title of the movie. At one point another character (Margaux) comments on the strangeness of her name, but only manages to respond to it by calling it feminine. As opposed to what? All the butch girls names out there? Even the writers could sense that something was off, but they could barely put a finger on it, let alone offer a rebuttal. How bizarre. Another change is the age of the main antagonists, the Castevets. In the original, these were played by the elderly. Here in the remake, the couple, Roman and Margaux, are middle aged. This alteration is actually more of a problem than one might first think. In both versions the Castevets have an ulterior motive for befriending Guy and Rosemary, but in the original this comes off as more plausible, as an old retired couple doting upon their younger neighbors. Played by a younger couple, though, their interest in Guy and Rosemary is strikingly odd, so much so that a sane Guy and Rosemary should have been turned off by the scarcely warranted attention. This is papered over by having Rosemary do a good deed for Margaux in returning her stolen wallet, but the scale of the favors that Margaux returns to her in exchange are glaringly lopsided (a cat, an apartment, a closet of fitted clothes, unyielding attention). And this is all before Guy makes a deal with the devil. It doesnt make sense. Rosemary has two advocates. One is Julie, who is her peer (and, as the plot requires, a convenient expert on Coptic Christian trivia), and the other is police Commissioner Fontaine, who she meets initially at Romans party. This is also problematic, in that the incorruptible officer is introduced to the viewer in a venue otherwise populated by Romans sycophantic satanists. It would seem sloppy for Roman to have included him on the guest list. Nonetheless, the script, actors, and director do a good job with these two characters, who are unique to the remake, and their inevitable death scenes are fun. All the other major plot points are straight out of the original movie, phoned in with little in the way of inspiration. I think the only difference in the final cradle scene is that its shot from the opposite end of the room from the original. This movie is not up to the caliber of a truly good miniseries remake, such as Steven Kings the Shining. Despite its length, it brings nothing new to the table and fails to make a case for its needing to have been produced.

I had taped the first half but did get the second I love the show

very good really enjoyed the movie

Classic movie

Everything was good

Remakes have a place in film and television history, but this remake could not hold a candle to the original masterpiece, either the book by Ira Levin or the film by Roman Polanski. Aspects of the original book and film are clearly dated today, and this remake brought things up to speed as best they could. However, where this falls short is putting a lot of things before you rather than the subtle nuances of the original. Plus, the miniseries died in television 25+ years ago, and giving this the two part treatment of two nights on television really was not necessary. Rosemary Woodhouse (played well by a stronger yet still dainty Zoe Saldana) and her husband Guy have moved to Paris, France as her husbands work has taken them to a university where he hopes to work. One day Rosemary intercepts a mugger who dropped a wallet. Inside the wallet, Rosemary finds the owner, Margo Castevet (updated from the older sounding Minnie). To thank her for being so kind, Margo invites Rosemary and Guy to a party, and from there their friendship begins. In this version, Rosemary is not dismayed by the sudden and generous friendship of the Castevets, but she sees them as equals rather than friendly older people. She finds it a bit odd, but dismisses it ultimately as their new friends being helpful and genuinely interested in her and Guy. Suddenly, Guys rival for the first position chair at the university dies a horrible death, and he is now in the front running for department chair. Things are all of a sudden coming up roses for them and Rosemary is eager to get pregnant and start their family. When she shares this with Margo and Roman, they are caring for her night and day, so excited for her baby to be born. Little does she know that she has been tricked into having the devils child, as Margo and Roman are witches (as well as their friends who are all part of a coven) and are bringing Satan back to the world. The acting was good in this movie, but they added in a few things in for modernization. When Rosemary and Guy learn of the Trench sisters who lived in the apartment building years before practicing cannibalism, we see it rather than are left to imagine. The friends who come to terrible ends who are trying to help her see the truth (ex. Hutch) are seen rather than left in the distance. While all the older people in the witch coven in the original are grey haired, wrinkled and dress out of date, the witch coven tries to make themselves look as young and chipper as possible without looking like residents of an assisted living facility. In general, people do not like to look and act their age anymore. They add in a touch of homosexuality (as its cute and trendy for women to do so now), to see the evil Satan at the moment of conception, and pay homage to Mia Farrows pixie cut when Zoe gets a horrible haircut (which looks terrible on her but gave Mia a certain edge about her at the time.) And, partially due to the fact that the original film was made in the 1960s and the technology did not exist at the time, we never saw the horrible creature that the baby is. In this version, we see the creature, which is a normal looking baby with magnetic blue eyes like his father, Satan. In this version, Rosemary still accepts the fact that this child is hers. I was hoping for something drastically different, but what mother could resist her child? I will give compliments to the fact that this adaptation managed to stay true to the old school kind of horror feeling. Even though full frontal violence is seen, we still get the sense that they are coming for her and her paranoia is real. Moving the scene to Paris, in that sense, was a welcome change from the original, in that in the original you wondered why she didnt go to a friend once she realized everyone was in on it, but it made more sense since she is completely isolated from friends and family who might help her. It will pass a lonely night or rainy afternoon. Have fun with it.

Love this movie the price was good.