gator-35584 as soon as the doctor is murder the town would be full of police...are there only a few folks... no one after the thugs.... it is a thriller but not worth watching... good for you who liked it Everyone gets killed...and if she only had one customer a day she would close....even a slow place needs more then one employee.. oh and let rent room to the killers... this is s stupid movie...typical plot....good guys helps bad guys and everyone gets killed....don't waste your time watching this movie..I wasted my time writing this review...go what the High Serra with Humphrey Bogart...it is thriller that makes sense. This movie is very predictable....and the story is very shallow....the town only has ten people.....I rate it a two....out of ten

MarieGabrielle Granted the premise has been done, but this is a fun suspense film and also as Josh Lucas in it, so add a few stars.Radha Mitchell is basically a restaurant/motel owner in a desolate Oregon town. She has a customer (Barry Watson, child actor from "Seventh Heaven" for anyone who recalls that series, circa 1997).Anyway, odd things start to occur and her doctor friend becomes a victim. Three strangers apparently on vacation drop in, and proceed to terrorize her.Radha Mitchell is believable though, and has since been in a Woody Allen film ("Melinda and Melinda") so she does a few things right.Watch for Josh Lucas in recent period piece "Stolen" also with Jon Hamm (from "Mad Men") a nice suspense film recently made in 2009. Overall give "Strangers" a chance. 8/10.

MagicStarfire 9 Stars out of 10.This film was exceptionally well done, tight storyline, good pacing and action, and very good performances by the entire cast.The only reason I did not give it 10 was because they fail to tell the viewer what IS on that computer disc. Of course, if this is based on a true story (I don't know if it is or not), then I guess the girl telling the story would not know the answer to that.The story begins with Beth, a very nice looking young woman (Radha Mitchell) walking down a dusty road to her job at the small, out of the way diner she runs.She's hoping for a lift, but instead gets a dusting from a car that passes her by. The driver, a young man, turns up shortly afterward at the diner.He is behaving somewhat mysteriously and looks to be a drifter or perhaps someone wanted by the police.Beth, nonetheless, gets to conversing with him - perhaps because she's lonesome or bored or just curious.No one else is in the diner, and then three young men show up together in a car. The first young man hides behind the counter in the diner and indicates to Beth that these three men are after him. He tells a story that he accidentally cut them off on the road and that they caught up with him, forced him off the road, beat him, and stabbed him.Beth doesn't call the police. She doesn't like cops, especially the local one, Bryce (Kevin Anderson) - for a very good reason - as we discover.As the story progresses, we don't know who is telling the truth and who is lying.Is Peter (Josh Lucas)(one of the three men who arrived together), helping Beth out because he is smitten with her, or is it something more.Is Jack (the young man who was stabbed)(Barry Watson), a schizophrenic in the grip of an delusional episode? Or are Peter and his three associates the true villains? What is the connection between these four men? And who can Beth turn to as the net around her tightens? I saw this on the Lifetime channel, but it is definitely way above the usual. This kept me on the edge of my seat, and kept me guessing throughout.

g404c When Strangers Appear takes elements from other movies I really like, and combines them to make a really good movie. My only criticism is the sometimes choppy pace, but otherwise this is quite good. Radha Mitchell stars as Beth, a woman who runs a diner in some sparse and isolated Oregon town near the beach. When Jack (Barry Watson) storms in her diner one morning claiming he is on the run from three men, she does not know whether he is telling the truth or if he is a lunatic. The three men show up and complicate things as one of the men, Peter (Josh Lucas), takes an interest in Beth. As the film proceeds, Beth finds herself caught up in the conflict between Jack and the three men and she is unsure of the intentions of any of them.This movie reminds me a little of The Hitcher, as both films are set in isolated areas, have few characters, and have some similar happenings. The score (like in The Hitcher) is more than effective, and the soundtrack is not half bad. Mitchell, Lucas and Watson are the leads and they do a tremendous job. When Strangers Appear has some good visuals too, as the landscapes are beautiful and lush. See this one if you get a chance.