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Summary: oooooh scary....and tremendously overrated
Review: How obvious can this twist be? We had it figured out within the first 45 minutes, and then had endure the seemingly endless histrionics of the crazed Nicole Kidman, as she rushes from room to room to room in the big spooky house with all of the weird noises and voices etc etc etc...After a point, all of the supposed buildup just gets tiresome. The acting only serves to exhaust one's patience even further. Kidman veers between brittleness and hysteria and simply wears the viewer out as a result. As for the children, I was ready to tie rocks to them and drop down the well. How irritating can they get? That little boy has got to be one of the single most irritating actors to afflict the movie screen in decades. If you want a truly creepy movie, watch "The Innocents." You won't know what the hell is going on, even when you are done, and as many questions remain at the end as at the beginning. With "The Others," the only question is why you would bother watching it in the first place.
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Summary: Spooky
Review: Contrary to the previews on television, The Others is not a spook flick. It is not about ghosts waiting behind closed doors ready to terrorize the characters, as well as the audience. Because of the way it was presented in those previews, it is a little disappointing emotionally as well as slow paced. However, its new perspective, which you must wait for until the very end of the film, more than makes up for this. On many subjects we assume so much and know so little. Once in a while, in the written word, or on the screen, we are faced with a new perspective that probes the deepest part of our soul. The Others is such a motion picture, the type that you cannot leave behind in the theater. While the cast's performance is excellent, it is the storyline that carries the movie. Whatever your values, beliefs or perceptions, The Others will compel you to reexamine them.
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Summary: An intelligent ghost story
Review: This movie is not one of those blood and gore thrillers. In fact, the most frightening thing is what you don't see or understand. Overall this is a great psycological thriller that keeps you guessing until the surprise ending. So get together with some friends this Halloween and add this one to your "scary movie" collection.
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Summary: Wonderful Ghost Story
Review: I loved this film so much that I sat through it twice and watched it again with friends. Kidman gives one of the best performances of her career and brings back a sense of elegance, style and beauty to the screen. I don't know if it's a coincidence that her character's name is Grace and she's shot very much in the image of Grace Kelly. "The Others" is one of the best films I've ever seen. It's a wonderfully mystical ghost story. Great film!
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Summary: See what I've told you so. One Star Minus Ten.
Review: A low bugdet movie by hiring a so-called star to play the whole nine yards, got to give her 85% of the production budget, then what else we got? Well, renting a big gloomy mansion, casting three to five nobodies to play the servants/ghosts/died husband/two kids, with some spooky sound effect, a lousy boring script, then what? Well, telling Nicole Kidman, it's your show since you've got most of our budget, playing it out you could show on the screen, and don't ask us what to do next, just play it out. God, why don't you just skip the mansion and save even more and put all characters on a two dimensional STAGE. The whole movie is just one woman's acting with her facial expressions changing by what she hears. What a hollow horror movie. Don't tell me it's good, unless I'm brain dead.
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Summary: Alright already, we get it
Review: Slow movie that spent WAY too much time on the "kids can't be exposed to light" topic. Nicole obviously graduated from the William Shatner school of acting with her overly dramatic rants on the light, and the doors, and .... The concept wasn't bad and the ending provided a nice twist, but by the time the ending finally got there I was more relieved that they finally explained it than shocked at the twist. Overall not a bad movie, but not an overly good one either. There are several movies that I would rather spend my time watching.
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Summary: Superb, supernatural thriller
Review: Nicole Kidman shines in the Alejandro Amenabar film, "The Others". The film takes place in the late 1940s England. Grace (Kidman) is a mother of two young children living in a huge mansion on a small island village waiting for her husband to come home from the war. Her children are hypersensitive to light, and light could be fatel to them, so she has to make sure that every room they walk into is very dark. Soon, three new servents come to stay with them and help out around the house. That's when the trouble begins. Grace starts hearing strange noises coming from different rooms in the house! At first, she thinks it's her children, but soon she learns what's haunting the house might not be human at all! Now it's up to Grace to save her children from the "intruders". The special effects were stunning. The film was creepy, and it reminds you of "The Sixth Sense". All of the performances were excellent. The directing was top-notch, and the music helped to create the chilling atmosphere. The film has a suprise ending that will knock you right out of your seat. The DVD extras are a big plus to the movie, too. There is an interview with a behind-the-scenes look at "The Others", there is a behind-the-scenes look at the special effects, there is a short featurette of a real-life family similar to the film's plot, there is a photo gallery, Spanish subtitles, French language track, and comes in a widescreen package. I highly recommend "The Others". Score:
(98/100)
A+
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Summary: Scary at....Heck!
Review: To start off with this reveiw this is a great movie filled with suspenseful and scary scenes.The movie was out for five month's in the movie theatre and the first time I saw the commerical for it I did not want to see the movie untill those five months came and the movie got great reveiws and everybody really liked it.At that minute I knew that I had to see this movie.When I did see the movie a little while back I really enjoyed and did get scared more then one time.The suspense scenes made me feel in wonder and awe and when the film ended with it's twist of an ending I was in shock and with the feeling that I wanted more. For a suspenseful movie The Others is probally one of the best that I have ever seen.The reason the movie only got 4 stars was because of the beginnning of the movie.To me it felt as if it was taking a really long time to get into the plot and into the fun but scary scenes.But even though the beginning might be slow the scenes that are shown for the rest of the movie is worth the wait.The Others has a fun feel to it as you watch each minute waiting for more tense scenes.The Others give's you the feeling that you spent your money for a good reason.But what makes the movie so good?What is the plot to the film? Nicole Kidman is the star of the movie and she plays Grace who is on an island during the war in which her husband was sent out to fight in.There she lives with her two children,Anne and Nicholas,who have an extremly rare diease where they cannot go into the light or they would gets hives and get very sick.Anne keeps complaining that the shades keep being opened and there is crying all caused by a little boy named Viktor.Grace is sick and tired of all of Anne's lying and always scaring her younger brother so she makes Anne say all of her prayers.But then doors start opening and there is banging coming from the upper floors and what about those three new servants that have just been hired to replace the last ones...who just disappeared! The Others is basecally wonderful.The DVD has two discs which I think is totally useless.All of the special features that are on the second disc could all fit on the first disc so I think the double disc thing is totally useless. So go see The Others right away.The two hours that you use in you day are worth it.The movie is fun and very suspenseful to give you the feeling in which that you want more. ENJOY!
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Summary: Best movie I saw all year
Review: Best movie I saw all year. There is no gore in the film whatsoever. The movie is visually beautiful, has good acting, good plot, everything.
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Summary: The other originals are much better than this drivel
Review: If you've seen 'The Sixth Sense' you needn't bother to watch this movie. I foolishly took a friend's advice and bought this movie thinking I was in for an audio/visual treat but all I came away with was the feeling of emptiness and that I had been cheated. The Others tries to be a horror/thriller/mystery/suspense but grows boorish by the minute. I was glad when the movie was finally over as it was as painstaking as watching water boil. Don't get me wrong, there some parts of the movie which will surprise you but in retrospect they don't seem to really lead anywhere or even flow with a sense of purpose....it's as if they were thrown in randomly so that the movie could be classified as a suspense/thriller. What is supposed to be a surprise ending leaves you with the feeling of, "Haven't I seen this somewhere before?" And yes, we have all seen it in movies such as 'The Sixth Sense'. I have never really liked Nicole Kidman as an actress (I've tried to like her work and just can't) and this just confirms why I will probably never watch another movie of her's. If you're looking for something original and refreshing, don't waste your money on this movie. If you like watching the same type of movie (supposed surprise ending) over and over again then rush out and waste your money.
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