When Claude loses his wife, he loses himself. Anger, grief, loneliness and guilt drive him to kidnapping the man who killed her, and holding him in his basement. He pushes away his friends and coworkers, who only want to help him.

Will Claude kill the man in the basement? Or will he find himself again? As the film slowly reveals both the secrets of Claude and the man in the basement, it becomes hard to tell the villain from the hero.

The movie isn't a horror movie or even a thriller. It's a delicate examination of the way getting to know someone else can change the human heart. And, in its own twisted way, it's a great antidote to our present political craziness.

The acting is superb, the script interesting and it makes me wish there were more Indy movies like it.

The good thing about I Hate The Man In My Basement is that it is watchable. For that the story has enough elements to keep you entertained. But there are enough flaws in this movie to make it just a movie you watch once and then forget about it. The acting wasn't good from everyone, some were better than others but still nothing that will wow you. I would have left the 'comedy' scenes out of this story, they don't work and are slightly annoying to watch. I would have put much more attention to the essential focus point of this story, the man in the basement. That's just my opinion. In conclusion I watched worse movies like I watched much better movies. In a couple days I will have forgotten everything about this movie. It's one of the reasons I write reviews, so that I wouldn't watch these kind of movies a second time.

But it was nice how underneath the terror there was a heartfelt message and it took a good script to get those pathos out, the actors did a fine job, the Latin guy and the American guy did a spectacular job with a sort of mish mosh dichotomy thing back and forth that made this a worth-while experience! Highly recommend it great job.