APARTMENT 7A

Serving as a prequel to ROSEMARY'S BABY, Julia Garner stars as dancer Terry Gionoffrio (who Victoria Vetri played in the original). A Nebraska girl with big dreams to make it in the big city. However, the film opens with her sustaining a bad injury to her right ankle, preventing her from dancing as she previously did. Living with another dancer friend and beginning to abuse drugs to hide her pain, she's found on the street in front of the Bramford when she's taken in by Roman (Kevin McNally) & Minnie (Dianne Wiest) Castevet. From there, you can put two and two together if you've seen the original. Personally, I was against the project when it was announced. No disrespect but Terry's backstory didn't need to be told. ROSEMARY'S BABY is a classic and once again, nothing more can be added, only taken away when you go back to the well, especially 56 years later. I like Julia Garner and always will for her turn as Ruth Langmore in OZARK. She's not the issue with this film as she's quite enjoyable as the naive, midwest girl. The main issue is the script. It lacks the depth of the original. There's very little impact the audiences feel as opposed to the original. In addition, neither McNally nor Wiest can fill the shoes of original actors Sidney Blackmer and Ruth Gordon respectfully. So then the question needs to be asked once again, why make it? There are 2 instances in particular that connect it with ROSEMARY'S BABY and the first scene is actually out of order for when it's placed into the film. The director or editor were asleep at the wheel for that one as it doesn't make sense when looking at the continuity of the story over the course of the 2 films. Just another issue for the film. 5.5/10