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The movie Eve’s Bayou, was a fairly entertaining movie. It did not exactly have me sitting on the edge of my seat in suspense, but it also didn’t bore me to death and leave me trying to keep my eyes open through out the whole thing. So I guess it was a decent movie, but not one that I would pay to see. “The summer I killed my father, I was 10 years old," begins the shocking voiceover to Eve’s Bayou. With a creepy calm, as the adult voice of Eve Batiste, sets a serious tone for the story. With the ending murder foretold from the opening moment, one expects the director to slowly ratchet up the tension until the deadly event. The only surprise in the film is its genre. After sketching the outline of a thriller, the director fills in the boxes with a feel-good sitcom. Typical jokes include the one about the kid who picks up a dead snake that isn't dead after all, th