They say Brooks locked herself 30 days to feel and write the script. I don't know why - the script was already written!"Dedales" written by Renè Manzor. Brooks only removed the story of the multiple personality out of the crime story context. She replaced Dr. Brennac - male therapist to Dr. Barnes - female therapist. These parts which aren't copied are clichè-ridden. The only thing which is really great is the soundtrack, the music by Olivia d'Abo. This movie wasn't worth to wait for. If you watch both movies you'll see the amount Brooks really had on "Waking Madison". We have the chess-playing-scene, the painter became in the interested in painting, the hirer became sexualized, the aggressive personality, the room the kid was imprisoned looks pretty identic, the camcorders, the couch-scene, the metro became a streetcar, there is the clock...camera effects,... If I really wanna tell a story about multiple personality there is no need to copy so much similar/identic basics of another movie about multiple personality. There are so much stories to tell about mp. I just have to research and to talk and not just to watch another movie. Actually that's too easy, that's too simple, that's a shame - and it doesn't work! Brooks is not a serious writer to me.
Review of Waking Madison
