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Summary: They say this house is theirs
Review: When filling out a list of my favorite movies, this movie is #1.I went to see this at the theater with my sister, knowing nothing about it except for having seen the trailer. At one point in the movie, I screamed out loud. I have never ever in life done that before at a movie. And suprisingly... 85% of the other people in the theater did as well, including my sister, whose fingernails I had to then forcibly remove from my wrist/skin. At another point, every hackle, every hair on the back of my neck and forearms, every fiber of my being came to attention and I was riveted to the screen. That, my friends, is what I deem excellence in a movie. Nicole Kidman delivers an oscar worthy performance. Very Grace Kelly in her inherent classy, graceful demeanor. The performance of a lifetime - I've never seen her better. The children - oh the children were excellent. They portrayed anger, fear, sullenness, intelligence... They WERE those children. The house played an important part as well, dark shadows... ambience... mystery... This movie doesn't rely on blood, gore, facemasks, knives, profanity, or sex. It speaks to you on a more cerebral level in a very intelligent manner and I predict you will get SO swept away that you will scream as well. ;-) Don't let anyone tell you about this movie. Put the kids to bed, go to the bathroom, get your popcorn and your drink, turn out the lights -- no interruptions and pausing of movie is allowed. lol It's a 'buy', not a 'rent'.
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Summary: Owww please wake up everbody!
Review: I'm very sorry but this is a very disappointing movie and worst of all, highly overrated. Honestly,The Others is no more than a very poor Sixth Sense rip off! Don't waste your money on it. Watch something more original...
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Summary: The guideline for suspense thrillers
Review: Most movies of this genre do different things to scare you, ie the music or unexpected happenings. This movie lets you scare yourself then plunges you into a very surprise ending. If you want to see good acting and be glued to your seat for the whole movie, this is it. A very pleasant surprise.
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Summary: masterpeace
Review: i think this masterpeace came to teache the movies maker how the movies should be , it's so hard to be efected by a movie for some days but i swear that film still going
in my mind since i watch it it's really a very very good
film and it's approach a case may be we missing it in our life ,
if this film did'nt get an awards academy i think i'll
give it { the best watching film } cause it's really the best movie i'd ever watched .
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Summary: the best
Review: this is the best film i ever seen NK should win the oscar
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Summary: Did I See A Different Movie?
Review: An absolutely grindingly slow and boring schlock of a movie that I wouldn't recommend to my worst enemy ... or your worst enemy, for that matter. Nicole Kidman plays the role with increasingly deadpan talent in this predictable tale where the humans turn out to be the ghosts and the ghosts turn out to be ... oh, well, at this point, who cares? A blatant ripoff of THE SIXTH SENSE, this one isn't worth the time.
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Summary: The Others is high tragedy!
Review: I saw this film six times (and I haven't done that since I was ten, many, many years ago). The first time, I was scared out of my wits. The second time, I was able to view it from an entirely different perspective. Each time I saw it, Nicole Kidman's spellbinding performance never failed to move me profoundly. She fully deserves all the best actress awards that come her way (I hope that the Academy is intelligent enough to acknowledge her stunning interpretation.). In appearance, she reminded me of a young Grace Kelly. The children are wonderful too. They are perfectly natural. There are no cheap thrills in this film; no gimmicks; and, most important, no "yuck factor" (I refer to such "special effects" as the vomit in the "Sixth Sense."). The film is totally cerebral, and the terror stems from the possibilities that dwell in the unseen and unknown depths of the imagination. With his splendid musical score and nuanced direction, Amenabar brings an atmosphere of unutterable sadness to the film that renders the surprise at the end into a tragic catharsis. The house belongs to the Others!
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Summary: M.R. James or Henry James would have been proud...
Review: It's a clever, wonderfully atmospheric film, which is helped by inventive cinematography and lighting that closely simulates that of oil lamps.
Now, for a few words on the subject...
Rating: *** 1/2 (out of ****)
Director: Alejandro Amenábar "The Others" sets its opening tone rather well, as we see a series of dimly lit lithographs from some forgotten Victorian's children's book. Many of these relate to the story to follow, and form an odd mix of the nostalgic & the disturbing. After this leisurely but unnerving start, complete with a harpsichord playing softly insinuating notes in the background of the soundtrack, we see a mansion shrouded in fog and see the caption for "[Isle of] Jersey, 1945." Nicole Kidman, as Grace, soon appears on the screen: she's a lovely,but somewhat birdlike creature: pale alabaster face, wide eyes, many nervous mannerisms. She soon admits three of the other main characters who arrive at the front door, a trio of mysterious servants-for-hire, Mrs. Mills (Fionnula Flannagan), Mr. Tuttle, and the mute Lydia. They have come calling about the positions advertised. Grace informs them that the other servants left suddenly,"for no reason." She then takes the new servants on an odd tour of the lower rooms of the mansion--as she locks each door in sequence after leaving every room. Now, with some reserve, Grace informs them that she would like for them to meet her children, Anne and Nicholas. Her husband, Charles, left to fight in the Second World War, and has yet to return to them. The children, Grace informs Mrs. Mills, suffer from a rare skin ailment that could make exposure to sunlight potentially fatal, so an elaborate ritual of drawing all curtains must take place. At last, we meet the two children, who seem rather demure and cowed by their mother's domineering nature. As the movie progresses, we learn that Grace has a deep,abiding Catholic faith that causes her to dislike "fancies" of her children--especially talk of seemingly imaginary friends. Anne insists that a young boy, named Victor, lives in the house along with his family, that he pulls the window curtains aside in her and Nicholas's room in the dead of night. Such talk infuriates Grace: she finds such notions bordering on blasphemy, the idea that the dead should walk before the Day of Judgment. The claustrophobia of her rigid reactions engulfs the mood of the increasingly tense family. But, then more odd events occur: whispering voices,a genuinely startling sequence with a piano playing a sad tune to itself in the darkened conservatory, doors opening and slamming for no apparent reason. In a disused room, Grace finds a hidden album, bound in black with gold clasps sealing it. What a peculiar Victorian artifact! As Mrs. Mills explains, the custom 50 years past was to compile books of photographs of the newly dead, as a momento mori. These belonged to a family that had lived there during the 1890's. With a repulsed reaction, Grace instructs her to destroy it. Before long, Grace finds herself consulting with young Anne as to who the "intruders" are, and the nervous girl sketches Victor, his mother, his father, and a rather sinister eyeless "old woman," who has manifested herself to the young
girl some 14 times. Grace decides to strike out to "the village" nearby to consult with the local parish priest, but a cloying fog seals her off in the forest nearby. A figure approaches in the gloom, and, as it approaches, we find it revealed to be... I won't spoil the final surprises (and they are myriad) that the remaining plot of this movie brings. I refuse to be so boorish, as I hope that many of you reading my words will consider spending an afternoon or an evening visiting that isolated mansion that always seems to have a pall of fog about it, where doors slam of their own accord, and shrill cries echo in the night. Although one may fairly invoke "The Turn of the Screw" when discussing the film, I found myself more reminded of Robert Aickman for some reason, perhaps the spare elegance of the film appeared to invoke his prose, but also of a certain celebrated tale by a famous American horror writer & cynic of the 19th century. I fear I will allow a spectral cat out of its bag should I say more at this moment. For this film possesses a marvelous "twist ending," and, while, in the final analysis, it presents a type of shaggy-dog story, I think you'll enjoy a thrilling ride along the way.
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Summary: Wait, which movie was I watching?
Review: Although this was an excelent movie, I have to wonder if the writer(s) had just finished watching "Sixth Sense" before sitting down to write this movie. The similarities between the two films made me ask, "wait, what movie am I watching?"
It was nice to see Nicole Kidman to play a different type of character for once and she was exceptional in her part. The children were amazing and the servents were just creepy. The set was interesting and made the viewer wonder why anyone would choose to live there. But, it added to the surrel feel of the film.
This movie had several twists and turns and an ending I never guessed.
I would strongly recomend this film for viewers who like scary movies, but don't wish to be scared to death.
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Summary: There are no others like The Others
Review: The moment I walked into the theatre to see Nicole Kidman's "The Others" I knew I was in for a treat. The theatre was a horrible mess as popcorn, candy and half dried sticky soft drink littered the floor. My overactive imagination envisioned a film so frightening that the cinema patrons scared out of their wits sent the snacks flying all over the theatre as they jumped and screamed in terror. Then the lighting and sound system began to have complications. The film refused to roll and we sat there in darkness for a minute or two. Then suddenly the sound system gave a thunderous boom, which scared the heck out of everyone, and we all nearly jumped out of our seats. O.K a haunted theatre, all right the mood was set, let the frightening begin, roll film. The film takes place in 1945 after the finale of WWII. Nicole Kidman's character Grace lives in a big spooky mansion on a remote and dreary island, no phones, no lights, no motorcars, not a single luxury.
The film opens as Grace wakes up screaming, which I thought was old hat as this has been done before, but the films ending makes perfect sense of this horrifying moment. This haunted house tale is exceptionally well done and it has everything; spooky housekeepers, thick fog, dark rooms, a cemetery, slamming doors, ghostly whispers, chilling shadows, things that go bump in the night and eerie children. The children played by Alakina Mann (Ann) and James Bentley (Nicolas) are excellent. They try to tell they're mum that there are some strange goings on in the house, but mum will have none of it and thinks the children have over active imaginations or are just plain lying. Also, the pasty faced children suffer from a rare disease in which they are allergic to light, thus they have to remain in darkened candlelit rooms. Grace's daughter Ann gives one of the movies most memorable (and imitatable) lines. Grace enters a room to investigate some strange happenings she unknowingly lets sunlight into the children's room. Like a vampire the daughter flings her arms to cover her face and exclaims in that wonderful English accent "Mummy please, you're letting in the light!" the child then slinks into the dark shadows like a creature of the night. Oooooh it's so spooky. If you are into blood, gore, monsters, and the ilk this film is not for you. The Others is all atmosphere, sounds, darkness, light and excellent acting, a true psychological thriller. There are some slow moments in this film but the finale makes up for it. This is definitely an "in retrospect" film in that your mind will work overtime after the films finale trying to figure out what you've just witnessed as you begin to understand all that has just happened on the screen. Your perception of what you think was happening during the film will be shattered at the film's end. And that's about I can tell you about the film because I don't want to give anything away. But I jumped; I gasped and shut my eyes once or twice. The film is filled with chilling twist and turns and the films ending is just astoundingly spectacular. I never cared for Nicole Kidman; I've always viewed her as Tom Cruise's beautiful but talentless wife (now ex-wife). I now have a newfound respect for Kidman, I saw Moulin Rouge and she was excellent and in The Others she's even better, she really acts her butt off in this film, we're talking Oscar caliber acting. You must see The Others, I took three friends to see it and they enjoyed it and even thanked me for taking them to see this wonderful fright film. BOO! Did I scare you?
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